[Federal Register: December 7, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 234)]
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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 CFR 50.7, 38 FR 19029, 
and 42 U.S.C. 9622(d), on October 26, 1999 (64 Fed. Reg. 576), notice 
was given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. General 
Electric Company, Civil Action No. 99-30225-MAP, was lodged with the 
Untied States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The 
proposed consent decree resolves certain claims against General 
Electric Company (``GE'') under Sections 106 and 107 of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607; Section 7003 of the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act (``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 6973; and Section 
309 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1319, regarding the disposal, 
release and/or threat of release of hazardous substances and/or wastes 
from the GE facility in Pittsfield, Massachusetts and related areas.
    Pursuant to requests from interested persons, the Department of 
Justice is extending the period for comments relating to the proposed 
consent decree to and including January 25, 2000. Comment should be 
addressed to the Assistant Attorney General of the Environment and 
Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC 
20530, and should refer to United States v. General Electric Company, 
Civil Action No. 99-30225-MAP, D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-1479, and 90-11-3-
1479z.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at either of the 
following locations: (1) the Springfield Office of the United States 
Attorney, District of Massachusetts, 1550 Main Street, Suite 310, 
Springfield, Massachusetts, 01103; or (2) Region I, Office of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, One Congress Street, Boston, 
Massachusetts, 02203. A copy of the consent decree can be obtained by 
mail (without attachments) from the Department of Justice Consent 
Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044. In requesting a 
copy of the consent decree (without attachments), please enclose a 
check in the amount of $102.25 (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. 99-31621 Filed 12-6-99; 8:45 am]
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