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

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[Federal Register: January 16, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 11)]
[Notices]
[Page 2239-2240]
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 Under Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that a partial consent decree in United 
States v. American Scrap Company, Civil Action No. 1:99-CV-2047, was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the Middle District of 
Pennsylvania on October 1, 2001. This notice was previously published 
in the Federal Register on October 15, 2001 and the public was given 30 
days to comment. No comments were received. However, because of severe 
disruption in mail service to the Department of Justice, the United 
States is unable to conclude with certainty that any comments mailed in 
response to that notice would have been delivered to the Department of 
Justice. As a result, the United States is providing this opportunity 
for any persons who previously submitted comments to resubmit their 
comments as directed below.
    The Partial Consent Decree resolves the United States' claims 
against Chemung Supply Corporation (``Settling Defendant'') under 
section 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), for 
response costs incurred at the Jack's Creek/Sitkin Smelting Superfund 
Site in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. The Partial Consent Decree 
requires the Settling Defendant to pay $210,000.00 in past response 
costs.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of twenty (20) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed consent decree that were previously submitted during the 
original comment period. Any persons who previously submitted comments 
should resubmit those comments by facsimile (at 202-

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616-6583) to the Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and 
Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC 
20530. The comments should refer to United States v. American Scrap 
Company, DOJ #90-11-2-911/1.
    Alternatively, the comments may be mailed to the Office of the 
United States Attorney, ATTN: Anne Fiorenza, 228 Walnut Street, 
Harrisburg, PA 17108.
    Copies of the proposed Partial Consent Decree may be examined at 
the Office of the United States Attorney, Middle District of 
Pennsylvania, 228 Walnut Street, Harrisburg, PA 17108, and at EPA 
Region III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029. A copy of 
the proposed Partial Consent Decree may be obtained by mail from the 
U.S. Department of Justice, Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, 
Washington, DC 20044-7611. When requesting a copy of the proposed 
Partial Consent Decree, please enclose a check to cover the twenty-five 
cents per page reproduction costs payable to the ``Consent Decree 
Library'' in the amount of $6.00, and reference United States v. 
American Scrap Company, DOJ # 90-11-2-911/1.

Robert D. Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-1152 Filed 1-15-02; 8:45 am]
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