Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act and the Solid Waste Disposal Act
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[Federal Register: January 24, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 15)]
[Notices]
[Page 3738]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act and the Solid
Waste Disposal Act
Notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in the action
entitled United States v. Ambroid Company, Inc., Civil Action No. 97-
11377-JLT, was lodged on January 13, 2000, with the United States
District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The proposed consent
decree resolves the claims of the United States against J. Frank
Strauss and Robert M. Kuzara in a complaint filed against these
parties, and several others, pursuant to Section 107 of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9607. In the complaint, which was filed on
June 17, 1997, the United States sought the recovery of past
unreimbursed response costs incurred by the United States in connection
with a drum removal action performed at the Yankee Chemical Superfund
Site, located at 600 West Water Street, in Taunton, Massachusetts (the
``Site''). The settlement also resolves the claims of the United States
against Bank Hapoalim, B.M., a third-party defendant in the action.
Pursuant to the proposed settlement, the Settling Defendants will
reimburse the EPA Hazardous Substance Superfund in the amount of
$50,000. The United States has provided a covenant not to sue under
Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. Secs. 9606 and 9607, as well
as pursuant to Section 7003 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, 42 U.S.C.
Sec. 6973, with respect to the site.
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 for the Environment and Natural Resources
Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should
refer to United States v. Amoroid Company, Inc., DOJ Ref. Number 90-11-
3-1747. Commenters may request an opportunity for a public meeting in
the affected area, in accordance with Section 7003(d) of the Solid
Waste Disposal Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 6973(d).
The proposed consent decree may be examined at EPA Region 1,
located at One Congress Street, Suite 1100, Boston, MA 02114 (contact
Peter DeCambre, 617-918-1890). A copy of the proposed consent decree
may 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 refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount
of $7.25 (25 cents per page reproduction costs).
Joel M. Gross,
Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
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