[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 173 (Thursday, September 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 46826]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22553]


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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

    In accordance with Departmental policy, notice is hereby given that 
a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Pesses, et al., Civil 
Action No. 90-654 (W.D. Pa.), was lodged on August 19, 1996 with the 
United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. 
This proposed Consent Decree will, if entered, settle a complaint filed 
against twenty-six defendants by the United States on behalf of the 
Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), pursuant to Section 107 of 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability 
Act of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA'') 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9607, in connection 
with the Metcoa Radiation Superfund Site, in Pulaski, Pennsylvania. 
Certain defendants in turn sued over two hundred (200) third party 
defendants and brought counterclaims against various federal agencies, 
the counterclaim defendants.
    The proposed Consent Decree provides for reimbursement of past 
response costs incurred by the United States in the amount of 
$1,950,000.00 and payment of future response costs, and for performance 
of response actions at the Metcoa Radiation Superfund Site. The 
proposed Consent Decree also provides for payment of response costs by 
the counterclaim defendants in the amount of $291,000.00.
    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, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States v. Pesses, et al., DOJ Ref. # 90-11-3-613.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 633 
Post Office and Courthouse, Seventh and Grant Street, Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania 15219; the Region III Office of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, 841 Chestnut Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 
19107; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 4th 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, 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In 
requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced case and enclose a 
check in the amount of $50.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Walker Smith,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-22553 Filed 9-4-96; 8:45 am]
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