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Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.

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[Federal Register: December 27, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 248)]
[Notices]
[Page 66936]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr27de01-135]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601 
et seq.

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a third proposed consent decree in United States v. 
Viacom, Inc. and Schindler Elevator Corporation, Civil Action No. 1:01-
CV-123, was lodged on November 1, 2001, with the United States District 
Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
    The proposed Consent Decree concerns the Westinghouse Elevator 
Plant Superfund Site (``Site''), which is located on approximately 90 
acres, and has its southern boundary adjacent to part of the Gettysburg 
Battlefield National Park. The Site is located about 1.5 miles north of 
downtown Gettysburg in Cumberland Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania. 
Pursuant to the proposed consent decree and section 107(a) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), the defendants will pay the United 
States for unreimbursed past costs at the Site, in the amount of 
$569,000 plus certain interest in connection with 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. 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. Viacom, Inc. and Schindler Elevator Corporation, DOJ Ref. 
#90-11-3-1004/1.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, 228 Walnut Street, Suite 220, Harrisburg, 
Pennsylvania 17108 and the Region 3 Office of the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029. A 
copy of the proposed consent decree may also be obtained by mail from 
the Consent Decree Library, U.S. Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, 
Washington, DC 20044-7611. (202) 624-0892. In requesting a copy please 
refer to the referenced case and enclose a check (25 cents per page 
reproduction costs) in the amount of $5.25 for the consent decree (21 
pages), payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-31792 Filed 12-26-01; 8:45 am]
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