[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 39 (Thursday, February 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8990-8991]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4878]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 C.F.R. 50.7 and 42
U.S.C. 9622(d)(2), notice is hereby given that a proposed consent
decree in United States v. International Fastener Research Corporation,
et al., Civil Action No. 97-0164, was lodged with the United States
District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on January 27,
1997. A complaint was filed simultaneously with the lodging of the
consent decree.
The proposed consent decree pertains to the Bollinger Steel
Superfund Site (``Site''), located in the Borough of Ambridge, Beaver
County, Pennsylvania. It resolves the claims of the plaintiff, the
United States of America, filed against defendants, International
Fastener Research Corporation; WKM Liquidating Partnership; the David
Weisz Marital Trust Established Under the Will of Emanuel David Weisz,
Deceased; the David Weisz Residuary Trust Established Under the Will of
Emanuel David Weisz, Deceased; the Richard Miller Marital Deduction
Trust of 1989; the Richard Miller Testamentary Trust; the Kleeman
Family Trust; E. Stanley Kleeman; Sylvia Kleeman; Leslie Ima; Leonard
Miller; Jay H. Grodin; Sylvia Weisz; the Estate of David Weisz, aka
Emanuel David Weisz, Deceased; Stanley Kleeman Inc.; The David and
Sylvia Weisz Family Foundation; WKM Investments; Matson Manufacturing
Company; WKM Realty; and the L.A. Mart pursuant to Sections 106 and 107
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.
The consent decree requires the defendants to make a total payment
of $475,000 in response costs in two installments and to relinquish any
claims they may have against the United States. The consent decree also
includes covenants not to sue by the United States under Sections 106
and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., and Section 7003 of the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (``RCA''), 42 U.S.C. 6973, and
provides
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the defendants with contribution protection.
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. International Fastener Research Corporation, et al., Civil
Action No. 97-0164, DOJ Ref. #90-11-2-738D. Commentors may request an
opportunity for a public meeting 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, Western District of Pennsylvania, 633 United
States Post Office & Court House, 7th Avenue & 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 of the body of the proposed consent decree,
please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount
of $11.75 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), for each copy. The
check should be made payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-4878 Filed 2-26-97; 8:45 am]
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