[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 224 (Thursday, November 20, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62073-62074]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30540]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Partial Consent Decree Under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that on October 30, 1997, a proposed partial 
consent decree in United States v. North American Group Ltd., et al., 
Civil Action No. 3:97-CV-191-H was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Western District of North Carolina.
    The partial consent decree resolves claims under 107(a) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
of 1980, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9607(a), as amended, against The North American 
Group Ltd., North American Environmental Corp., Federal Environmental 
Services, Federal Services, M.D. Babcock, Speer Mabry IV and Mark Odum, 
for response costs that were incurred by the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency in connection with the release and 
threatened release of hazardous substances at the Cherokee Site 
(``Site'') in Charlotte, North Carolina.
    The proposed consent decree provides that the aforementioned 
settling defendants will pay $400,000 according to a payment schedule 
set forth in the partial consent decree. The proposed consent decree 
also requires the settling defendants to pay $15,000 as a civil penalty 
for violating Section 104(e)(5) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9604(e)(5), 
for failing to comply with two information requests issued by EPA.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the partial 
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. North American Group Ltd., et. al. D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-1173
    The partial consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Suite 1700 Carillon Building, 227 West Trade 
St., Charlotte,

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North Carolina, at U.S. EPA Region IV, 61 Forsythe St., N.E., Atlanta, 
GA 30303, and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th 
Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the partial 
consent decree may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent 
Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. 
When requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $9.00 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent Decree 
Library.
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-30540 Filed 11-19-97; 8:45 am]
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