Lodging of Consent Decrees Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 121 (Thursday, June 24, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 33910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-16115]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Lodging of Consent Decrees Under the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that on June 10, 1999 a proposed consent 
decree in United States v. Horsehead Industries, Inc., Civil Action No. 
CV. 98-654, was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
Middle District of Pennsylvania.
    In this action, the United States is seeking more than $12 million 
in past costs and future costs, pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, in connection 
with the Palmerton Zinc Pile Superfund Site (``Site''), located in 
Palmerton, Carbon County, Pennsylvania.
    The consent decree that was lodged would resolve the United States' 
claims against 197 parties who transported materials to the Site and 
whom the United States alleges are de minimis generators. Those parties 
will pay approximately $4.7 million, in the aggregate, to resolve their 
claims. The consent decree will not resolve the United States' claims 
against four other defendants who are current or former owners and 
operators of the Site.
    The consent decree includes a covenant not to sue by the United 
States under Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, and under Section 7003 of 
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 6973.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 
proposed consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. Horsehead Industries, Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-271M. 
Commenters may request an opportunity for a public hearing in the 
affected area, in accordance with Section 7003(d) of RCRA.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Federal Courthouse Building, 228 Walnut Street, 
Harrisburg, PA 17108; at U.S. EPA Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-2029; and at the Consent Decree 
Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 3rd Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 
624-0892. A copy of the proposed consent decrees may be obtained in 
person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 
3rd Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy, please enclose 
a check in the amount of $57.50 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-16115 Filed 6-23-99; 8:45 am]
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