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Notice of Lodging of a Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

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[Federal Register: February 6, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 25)]
[Notices]
[Page 5616]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
Notice of Lodging of a Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

    Under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9622(i), notice is hereby given that on 
January 22, 2002, a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. 
Mountain Metal Co., et al., Civil Action No. CV-98-C-2562-S was lodged 
with the United States District Court for the Northern District of 
Alabama.
    In this action, the United States sought reimbursement of costs 
incurred in responding to the release and threatened release of 
hazardous substances at the ILCO battery cracking site in Leeds, 
Alabama. In this Consent Decree, G. J. Batteries, Inc., and Jowers 
Battery, Inc., are settling their liability to the United States by 
paying a total of $40,000 plus interest. This settlement is based on 
the defendants' showing of an inability to pay their allocable share. 
Prior to this Consent Decree, the United States obtained partial 
reimbursement of its costs through judicial settlement with 58 parties 
and administrative settlements with 286 parties.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Decree for a period of thirty (30) days from the date 
of this publication. As a result of the discovery of anthrax 
contamination at the District of Columbia mail proceeding center in 
mid-October, 2001, the delivery of regular first-class mail sent 
through the U.S. Postal Service has been disrupted. Consequently, 
public comments which are addressed to the Department of Justice in 
Washington, DC and sent by regular, first-class mail through the U.S. 
Postal Service are not expected to be received in a timely manner. 
Therefore, comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of 
Justice, and sent: (1) c/o Cheryl L. Smout, 17 N. Greenbrier Street, 
Arlington, Virginia, 22203; and/or (2) by facsimile to (202) 353-0296; 
and/or (3) by overnight delivery, other than through the U.S. Postal 
Service, to Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, 1425 New York 
Avenue, NW., 13th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. Each communication 
should refer on its face to United States v. Mountain Metal Co., et 
al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-108/2.
    The Consent Decrees may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, 200 Robert S. Vance Fed. Bldg., 1800 5th Avenue N., 
Room 200, Birmingham, Alabama, and at U.S. EPA Region 4, 61 Forsyth 
Street, Atlanta, Georgia. A copy of the Consent Decrees may also be 
obtained by faxing a request to Tonia Fleetwood, Department of Justice 
Consent Decree Library fax no. (202) 616-6584; phone confirmation no. 
(202) 514-1547. There is a charge for the copy (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost). Upon requesting a copy, please mail a check payable 
to the ``U.S. Treasury'' in the amount of $10.75, to: Consent Decree 
Library, U.S. Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 
20044-7611. The check should refer to United States v. Mountain Metal 
Co., et al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-108/2.

Ellen Mahan,
Assistant Chief, Environmental, Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources, Division.
[FR Doc. 02-2857 Filed 2-5-02; 8:45 am]
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