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

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[Federal Register: June 19, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 118)]
[Notices]
[Page 36838-36839]
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 the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on June 6, 2003, a 
proposed consent decree in United States v. E.I. DuPont de Nemours & 
Co., Civ. Action No. 1:03CV142, was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia.
    In this action the United States is seeking response costs pursuant 
to the

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Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., in connection with the Spelter 
Zinc Site (``Site'') in Spelter, West Virginia. The decree will require 
defendants to pay $418,464.17 in partial reimbursement of the United 
States' past response costs and $75,041.45 in reimbursement of the 
State of West Virginia's past response costs.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the consent 
decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., D.J. Ref. No. 90-1-11-
07642.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Horne Building, 1100 Main Street, Suite 200, 
Wheeling, WV 26003, and at U.S. EPA Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 
Philadelphia, Pa 19103. During the public comment period, the proposed 
consent decree, may also be examined on the following Department of 
Justice website, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. Exit Disclaimer A copy 
of the proposed consent decree may also be obtained by mail from the 
Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, 
Washington, DC 20044-7611 or by faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia 
Fleetwood (tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone 
confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the Consent 
Decree Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $9.00 (25 cents 
per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury. Exhibits to the 
consent decree may be obtained for an additional charge.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, 
Environmental and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 03-15443 Filed 6-18-03; 8:45 am]
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