Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as Amended

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 18 (Thursday, January 28, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4468-4469]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2033]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as 
Amended

    Consistent with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby 
given that on January 13, 1999, a proposed consent decree in United 
States v. Vermont American Corporation, Civil Action No. 2:99-CV-9, was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the District of 
Vermont. This proposed consent decree resolves the United States' 
claims under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., on behalf of 
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') against Vermont 
American Corporation relating to certain response costs that have been 
or will be incurred at or from a Site known as the Parker Landfill 
Superfund Site (``Site'') located in the Town of Lyndon, Vermont.
    The consent decree requires the defendant to pay $350,000 to the 
United States, $150,000 to the parties constructing the cap at the 
Site, waive its claims against municipalities that disposed of 
municipal solid waste at the Site and withdraw its adverse comments to 
an earlier consent decree.
    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. Any comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer 
to United States v. Vermont American Corporation, D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-
1120A.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, 11 Elmwood Ave., Burlington, Vt. 05401, at the 
Region I office of the Environmental Protection Agency, JFK Federal 
Building, Boston, MA., 02203-2211, and at the Consent Decree Library, 
1120 G Street, NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20005 (202) 624-0892. A 
copy of the proposed consent decree may be obtained in person or by 
mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 3rd Floor, 
Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check 
(there is a 25 cent per page reproduction cost) in

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the amount of $7.00 payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-2033 Filed 1-27-99; 8:45 am]
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