[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 222 (Thursday, November 16, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 69338]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-29294]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Under Section 122(d) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9622(d), and 28 CFR 50.7, 
notice is hereby given that on October 10, 2000, a proposed Partial 
Consent Decree (``Decree'') in two consolidated cases, United States v. 
Allied Battery Co., Civil No. CV-98-N-0446-S, and United States v. CSX 
Transportation, Inc., Civil No. CV-98-N-2561, was lodged with the 
United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. In 
this action, the United States seeks recovery of its response costs 
incurred by EPA in cleaning up contaminated soil at the Carlie Lee 
Superfund Site, a former battery cracking operation located in Tarrant 
City, Alabama, near Birmingham. Under this Decree, four settling 
defendants--Allied Battery Co., Econo Battery Services, Fairfield Iron 
& Metals, Inc. and Joseph J. McCleney, Jr.--have agreed to pay separate 
amounts, collectively totaling $36,000, in partial reimbursement of the 
United States' response costs.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments concerning the proposed 
Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of 
Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC, 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. Allied Battery Co. D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-1758, and United 
States v. CSX Transportation, Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-1758/1.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, 200 Robert 
Vance Federal Bldg., 1800 5th Ave. N., Birmingham, Alabama; and (2) the 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., 
Atlanta, Georgia. A copy of the 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. In requesting a copy, please 
enclose a check in the amount of $6.25 (25 cents per page reproduction 
cost) payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Walker B. Smith,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment & Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 00-29294 Filed 11-15-00; 8:45 am]
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