[Federal Register: October 14, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 198)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

 
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as 
Amended

    Consistent with Departmental policy 28 CFR 50.7, 38 FR 19029, and 
42 U.S.C. 9622(d), notice is hereby given that on October 4, 1999, a 
proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Richard Mottolo, K.J. Quinn 
& Co., Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 83-547-B, was lodged with the 
United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire. The 
proposed Consent Decree will resolve the United States' claims under 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601, et seq., on behalf of the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') against the K.J. Quinn & Co., 
Inc., relating to the Mottolo Superfund Site (``Site'') located in 
Raymond, New Hampshire. The K.J. Quinn & Co., Inc., was previously 
adjudicated liable under Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 96097(a).
    Pursuant to the Consent Decree, the K.J. Quinn & Co., Inc., has 
agreed to reimburse to the United States $2,000,000 for costs incurred 
and to be

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incurred by the DPA at the Mottolo Site after May 1, 1990. Costs that 
were incurred by the DPA prior to May 1, 1990, were addressed in a 
previous consent decree with the K.J. Quinn & Co., Inc. The K.J. Quinn 
& Co., Inc., has already paid $1,445,949 of the $2,000,000 amount and 
is to make the remaining payment of $554,051, along with interest from 
October 16, 1998, within 7 days of entry of this Consent Decree.
    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. Any 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. Richard Mottolo, K.J. Quinn & Co., Inc., et 
al., Civil Action No. 83-545-B, D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-17.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, District of New Hampshire, 55 Pleasant Street, 
Concord, New Hampshire 03301 and at Region I, Office of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, One Congress St., Boston, MA 02203. A 
copy of the proposed consent decree may also be obtained by mail from 
the Department of Justice Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, 
Washington, D.C. 20044. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check 
(there is a 25 cent per page reproduction cost) in the amount of $6.50 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce Belber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-26824 Filed 10-13-99; 8:45 am]
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