[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 18 (Thursday, January 27, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4440-4441]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1876]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to Resources
Conservation and Recovery Act Sections 3008 and 7003 and Safe Drinking
Water Act Section 1431
Notice is hereby given that on January 18, 2000, the United States
lodged a proposed Consent Decree with the United States District Court
for the District of New Mexico in the civil actions consolidated as
Albuquerque v. Sparton Technology, Inc., No. CV 97 0206. The proposed
Consent Decree resolves civil claims in the consolidated actions
including the action filed by the United States, United States v.
Sparton Technology, Inc., No. CV 97 0210 (D.N.M.), related to soil and
groundwater contamination emanating from the Sparton Technology, Inc.
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(``Sparton'') manufacturing facility on Coors Road in Albuquerque, NM
(``the Facility''). In this action, the United States alleged claims
pursuant to Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (``RCRA'') Sections
3008 and 7003, 42 U.S.C. Secs. 6928 and 6973, and Safe Drinking Water
Act (``SDWA'') Section 1431, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 300i. Under the proposed
Consent Decree, Sparton will perform comprehensive corrective action to
address groundwater and soil affected by contamination emanating from
the Facility. Sparton will also pay a total of $1.675 million
consisting of a civil penalty of $475,000 to be shared by the United
States and the New Mexico Environment Department, a payment of natural
resources damages of $1 million to the State of New Mexico, and
$200,000 to the City of Albuquerque, the New Mexico Environment
Department, and the New Mexico Attorney General's Office for litigation
costs. The proposed Consent Decree also dismisses with prejudice
Sparton Technology, Inc. v. Environmental Protection Agency, No. CV 97
0981 (D.N.M.)--one of the consolidated actions--and provides the United
States a full release with respect to the agency actions challenged by
Sparton in that case.
The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the
proposed Consent Decree for 30 days following publication of this
Notice. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General,
Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States Department of
Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, DC 20044-
7611, and should refer to Albuquerque v. Sparton Technology, Inc., No.
CV 97 0206 (D.N.M.), DOJ No. 90-7-1-875. The proposed Consent Decree
may be examined at the Office of the United States Attorney for the
District of New Mexico, 200 3rd Street, NW., Ste 900, Albuquerque, New
Mexico 87102 and the Region VI Office of the United States
Environmental Protection Agency, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202.
A copy of the proposed Consent Decree may be obtained by mail from the
Department of Justice Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611,
Washington, DC 20044. When requesting a copy, please enclose a check
for reproduction costs for the Consent Decree (at 25 cents per page) in
the amount of $153.75, payable to the ``Consent Decree Library.''
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 00-1876 Filed 1-26-00; 8:45 am]
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