[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 164 (Friday, August 22, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49706-49707]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-19468]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act

    Pursuant to 28 CFR 50.7 notice is hereby given that on August 14, 
2008, a proposed Consent Decree in the case United States v. William J. 
Roper, Sr., et al., Civil Action No. 3:00cv472-GCM, was lodged with the 
United States District Court for the Western District of North 
Carolina.
    In this action, under Section 107(a)(1) and (2) of CERCLA, 42 
U.S.C. 9607(a)(1) and (2), the United States sought recovery of 
response costs to remedy conditions in connection with the release or 
threatened release of hazardous substances into the environment at the 
North Belmont PCE Site (``the Site''), located in Belmont, Gaston 
County, North Carolina. A portion of the Site is comprised of the Roper 
Shopping Center upon which the United States had placed a Superfund 
Lien. The Complaint also included an in rem action under Section 107(l) 
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CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(l), to enforce this lien.
    The proposed consent decree requires Defendants to exercise best 
efforts to sell the Roper Shopping Center which is currently valued at 
about $303,000. The United States will receive 75 percent of the sale 
proceeds in partial reimbursement of outstanding response costs.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Decree for a period of thirty (30) days from the date 
of this publication. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
mailed either electronically to [email protected] or in 
hard copy to the United States Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, 
Ben Franklin Station, Washington, DC 20044-7611 and should refer to 
United States v. William J. Roper, Sr., et al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-
07246.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region IV, 61 Forsythe Street, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30303. During the public comment period, the Consent 
Decree, may also be examined on the following Department of Justice Web 
site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html.
    A copy of the Consent Decree may also be obtained by mail from the 
Department of Justice Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, 
Washington, DC 20044-7611 or by faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia 
Fleetwood ([email protected]), fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone 
confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy of the Consent 
Decree from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the 
amount of $9.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost x 39 pages) 
payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Henry S. Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. E8-19468 Filed 8-21-08; 8:45 am]
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