[Federal Register: February 19, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 33)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

 
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to The Comprehensive 
Environmental Responses, Compensation and Liability Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, and Section 
122 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622, notice is hereby given that on February 
5, 1999 a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Paul D. Emery, 
Trustee of the Paul D. Emery Revocable Living Trust, and 6 Acres of 
Land, More or Less, Located in Summit County, Ohio, Civil Action No. 
5:99CV0274, was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division. This consent decree 
represents a settlement of claims of the United States against Paul D. 
Emery, Trustee of the Paul D. Emery Revocable Living Trust and 6 Acres 
of Land, located in Summit County, Ohio, for reimbursement of response 
costs and injunctive relief in connection with the Copley Square Plaza 
Site (``Site'') pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.
    Under the Consent Decree, the Defendants will sell the Site a 
commercial piece of property, and give the United States 85% of the net 
proceeds from the sale, as reimbursement for the United States' past 
response costs at the Site, which total approximately $796,713 plus 
prejudgment interest. The United States' recovery will be capped at 
$720,000.
    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 of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States v. Paul D. Emery, Trustee of the Paul D. Emery Revocable Living 
Trust, et. al. and D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-1717.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, 
1800 Bank One Center, 600 Superior Avenue, East Cleveland, Ohio 44114-
2600, at the Region 5 Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 77 
West Jackson Street, Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590, and at the Consent 
Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 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, 
NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy, please 
enclose a check in the amount of $13.50 (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. 99-4145 Filed 2-18-99; 8:45 am]
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