Notice of Lodging of Consent Degree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 159 (Wednesday, August 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 44945]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21466]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Degree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that a consent decree in United States v. 
A&D Recycling, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 1:CV-99-1332 (M.D. Pa.) 
was lodged with the court on July 28, 1999.
    The proposed decree resolves claims of the United States against 
120 defendants under Sections 106 and 107 of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607, for response costs and actions 
at the Jack's Creek Superfund Site in Mifflin County, PA. The decree 
requires 40 of the defendants to perform the EPA-selected remedial 
action to address hazardous substance contamination at the site. That 
remedial action includes, inter alia, excavation and off-site disposal 
of certain contamination and on-site consolidation and capping of other 
contamination. The remaining 80 defendants are accorded de minimis 
treatment and required to pay a total of $3.05 million toward cleanup 
of the site.
    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 for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. A&D Recycling, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 1:CV-99-
1332 (M.D. Pa.), DOJ Ref. #90-11-2-911. Commenters may request an 
opportunity for a public meeting in the affected area, in accordance 
with section 7003(d) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6973(d).
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the United States 
Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
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 refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount 
of $27.50 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the 
Consent Degree Library. A copy of the exhibits to the decree may be 
obtained from the same source for an additional charge of $50.00
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-21466 Filed 8-17-99; 8:45 am]
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