[Federal Register: June 26, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 123)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR Sec. 50.7 and 42 
U.S.C. Sec. 9622(d)(2), notice is hereby given that a proposed consent 
decree in United States v. Lewis Frame and Ruth Frame, Civil Action No. 
98-CV-2844, was lodged on June 3, 1998, with the United States District 
Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. A complaint was filed 
simultaneously with the lodging of the consent decree.
    The consent decree pertains to the A.I.W. Frank Superfund Site 
(``Site''), located in Exton, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It resolves 
the claims of the plaintiff, the United States of America, filed 
against defendants, Lewis Frame and Ruth Frame, pursuant to Sections 
106 and 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation 
and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9601 et seq. arising out 
of the defendants' past ownership of a portion of the Site. The consent 
decree requires the defendants to pay $1.1 million in past response 
costs, complete remedial work estimated to cost $1 million and provide 
EPA with access to the Site. The consent decree also includes covenants 
not to sue by the United States under Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, 
42 U.S.C. Sec. 9601 et seq., and Section 7003 of the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act (``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 6973, and 
provides 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, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. Lewis Frame and Ruth Frame, Civil Action No. 98-CV-
2844, DOJ Ref. #90-11-3-1604. Commentors may request an opportunity for 
a public meeting in the affected area, in accordance with Section 
7003(d) of RCRA.

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    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 615 Chestnut 
Street, Suite 1250, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106-4476; the Region 
III Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 841 Chestnut 
Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107; and at the Consent Decree 
Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 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, N.W., 
4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 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 $69.75 (25 cents per page reproduction 
costs), for each copy. The check should be made payable to the Consent 
Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-17014 Filed 6-25-98; 8:45 am]
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