[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 57 (Wednesday, March 25, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 14478]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-7740]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. North 
Landing Line Construction Company, et al., C.A. No. 2:96CV1073, was 
lodged on February 17, 1998, with the United States District Court for 
the Eastern District of Virginia. The consent decree resolves the 
United States' claims with respect to past costs, pursuant to Section 
107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and 
Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607, in connection with the cleanup of the 
Sutton Enterprises Superfund Site, located in Chesapeake, Virginia. The 
decree also resolves counterclaims alleged against the United States by 
several defendants. The defendants named in this action are Newport 
News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Money Point Diamond 
Corporation, Future First Associates, William L. Hester, and Jonathan 
T. Harris. Under the consent decree, the defendants and several federal 
agencies, including the United States Department of Defense, Department 
of the Navy, and the Defense Logistics Agency/Defense Reutilization and 
Marketing Service, against whom counterclaims were filed, will 
reimburse the Superfund $1,725,000 with respect to the clean-up 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. North Landing Line Construction Company, et al., DOJ 
Reference No. 90-11-3-1699.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, Suite 8000, 101 W. Main Street, Norfolk, 
Virginia 23510; the Region III Office of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, 840 Chestnut Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107; and 
the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, 
D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed 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. In requesting a copy, 
please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount 
of $8.25 (.25 cents per page production costs), payable to the Consent 
Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-7740 Filed 3-24-98; 8:45 am]
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