[Federal Register: December 8, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 235)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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

    Notice is hereby given that a consent decree in United States v. 
Nassau Metals Corporation, Civil Action No. 4:CV 99-2042 (M.D. Pa.) was 
lodged with the court on November 23, 1999.
    The proposed decree resolves claims of the United States against 
Nassau Metals Corporation under Sections 106 and 107 of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 
as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607, for response costs 
and actions at the MW Manufacturing Superfund Site in Valley Township, 
Montour County, PA. The decree requires the defendant to reimburse the 
United States $6,515,000 in response costs and to implement the EPA-
selected remedy for the fifth and final operable unit at the Site. That 
remedy includes on-site stabilization and capping of contaminated waste 
materials.
    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, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. Nassau Metals Corporation, Civil Action No. 4:CV 99-
2042 (M.D. Pa.), DOJ Ref. #90-11-3-06793/1.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined and copied at the 
Office of the United States Attorney, Room 1162, Federal Building, 228 
Walnut Street, Harrisburg, PA 17108; or at the Region III Office of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, c/o Thomas Cinti, Assistant Regional 
Counsel, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103. A copy of the 
proposed consent decree may be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree 
Library, P.O. Box No. 7611, Washington, D.C. 20044. In requesting a 
copy, please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the 
amount of $23.25 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the 
Consent Decree Library. A copy of the exhibits to the decree may be 
obtained from the same source for an additional charge.

Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environmental and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-31788 Filed 12-1-99; 8:45 am]
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