[Federal Register: September 29, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 188)]
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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. Nassau 
Metals Corp., et al., C.A. No. 3:96-CV-562 (M.D. Pa.), was lodged on 
September 8, 1999, with the United States District Court for the Middle 
District of Pennsylvania. The consent decree resolves the United 
States' claims against defendant Myron Brenner 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 C&D Recycling, Inc., Site, located in Luzerne 
County, Pennsylvania. Under the consent decree, defendant Myron 
Brenner, based upon an ability-to-pay settlement, will pay the United 
States $87,500 in reimbursement past response costs within thirty days 
after entry of the consent decree by the Court. Defendant Myron Brenner 
has also agreed, if the Site property is sold, to pay the United States 
the proceeds from said sale as provided under the terms of the 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. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States v. Nassau Metals Corp., et al., DOJ Reference No. 90-11-3-1057-
A.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, Suite 309, Federal Building, Washington and 
Linden Streets, Scranton, Pennsylvania 18501; and the Region III Office 
of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania 19103-2029. A copy of the proposed decree may be obtained 
by mail from the Department of Justice Consent Decree Library, PO Box 
7611, Washington, DC 20044. In requesting a copy, please refer to the 
referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $6.00 (.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. 99-25337 Filed 9-28-99; 8:45 am]
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