[Federal Register: April 13, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 70)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

 
Notice of Lodging of Two Proposed Consent Decrees in 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act 
Cost Recovery Action

    In accordance with the Departmental Policy, 28 C.F.R. 50.7, notice 
is hereby given that two Consent Decrees in United States v. Ralph 
Riehl Jr. et al., Civil Action No. 89-226E were lodged with the United 
States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on March 
29, 1999. These Consent Decrees resolve the United States' claims 
against Kondu Corporation and Lincoln Metal Processing Company under 
Sections 106 and 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 
9607(a), for response costs incurred at the Millcreek Dump Superfund 
Site in Millcreek Township, PA. The Kondu Consent Decree requires Kondu 
to pay $230,000 in reimbursement of response costs relating to the 
Millcreek Dump Superfund Site cleanup. The Lincoln Consent Decree 
requires Lincoln to pay $90,000 in reimbursement of response costs 
relating to the Millcreek Dump Superfund Site cleanup, over a three-
year period. Kondu and Lincoln have each agreed to pay a $10,000 civil 
penalty, pursuant to Section 106 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606, for failure 
to comply with a Unilateral Administrative Order issued by the 
Environmental Protection Agency on March 31, 1992, requiring cleanup at 
the Site. The Department of Justice will accept written comments on the 
proposed Consent Decrees for thirty (30) days from the date of 
publication of this notice. Please address comments to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, 
D.C. 20044 and refer to United States v. Ralph Riehl Jr. et al., DOJ 
No. 90-11-3-519.
    Copies of the proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office 
of the United States Attorney, Western District of Pennsylvania, 100 
State Street, Suite 302, Erie, PA 16507; EPA Region III, 1650 Arch 
Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 
G Street, N.W., 3rd Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A 
copy of the proposed Kondu or Lincoln Consent Decree may be obtained in 
person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 
3rd Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. When requesting a copy of the 
proposed Consent Decrees, please enclose a check to cover the twenty-
five cents per page reproduction costs payable to the ``Consent Decree 
Library'' in the amount of $5.50 for the Kondu Decree only ($51.25 for 
the Decree and all attachments) and $6.25 for the Lincoln Decree only 
($20.75 for the Decree and all attachments), and please reference 
United States v. Ralph Riehl, Jr. et al. DOJ No. 90-11-3-519.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division, Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 99-9142 Filed 4-12-99; 8:45 am]
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