[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 193 (Thursday, October 4, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50681-50682]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-24790]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Under section 122(d)(2) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(d)(2), and 28 CFR 
50.7, notice is hereby given that on September 14, 2001, a proposed 
Consent Decree in United States v. A-1 Auto Service, Inc., Civil Action 
No. 3:01CV1567(AHN), was lodged with the United States District Court 
for the District of Connecticut.
    In this action, the United States sought recovery of over $1.6 
million costs incurred by the United States Environmental Protection 
Agency in conducting a soil cleanup removal action at the National Oil 
Service Superfund Site in West Haven, Connecticut. The United States 
filed its complaint pursuant to section 107(a) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 
U.S.C. 9607(a), seeking recovery of over $1.6 million. The complaint 
named over 400 defendants which disposed of waste oil at the Site. The 
proposed Consent Decree resolves the United States' cost recovery 
claims against all of those defendants. Under the proposed Decree, the 
settling defendants collectively agree to pay over $810,000 in partial 
reimbursement of the United States' response costs. The proposed 
Consent Decree also contains a settlement with two federal agencies, 
the United States Coast Guard and the United States Postal Service. 
Under the proposed Consent Decree, these two settling federal agencies 
agree to pay a total of $988.56.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (3) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Acting 
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

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States v. A-1 Auto Service, Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-07333.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Connecticut Financial Center, New Haven, CT, 
and at U.S. EPA Region 1, One Congress Street, Boston, MA.
    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. For a copy of the proposed Consent 
Decree without the signature pages and attachments, please enclose a 
check in the amount of five dollars ($5.00) (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the Consent Decree Library. For a copy of 
the Decree with all signature pages and attachments, please enclose a 
check in the amount of one hundred and twelve dollars and 25 cents 
($112.25) payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Catherine R. McCabe,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-24790 Filed 10-3-01; 8:45 am]
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