[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 27 (Thursday, February 8, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 9597]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3268]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. Nassau 
Metals Corp., et al., C.A. No. 3:96-CV-562 (M.D. Pa.), was lodged on 
December 20, 2000, with the United States District Court for the Middle 
District of Pennsylvania. The consent decree resolves the United 
States' claims against the Estate of Joseph Brenner and the personal 
representative of the Estate with respect to past costs, pursuant to 
Section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation 
and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607, in connection with the cleanup of 
the C&D Recycling, Inc., Site, located in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. 
Under the consent decree, the personal representative of the Estate, 
based upon an ability-to-pay settlement, will pay the United States 
$77,000 in reimbursement of past response costs within forty-five days 
after entry of the consent decree by the Court. The personal 
representative of the Estate has also agreed to sell the Site property, 
in cooperation with a co-owner of the property, and to pay the United 
States the proceeds from said sale as provided under the terms of the 
consent decree.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. Nassau Metals Corp., et al., DOJ Reference No. 90-11-
3-1057-A.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, Suite 309, Federal Building, Washington and 
Linden Streets, Scanton, Pennsylvania 18501; and the Region III Office 
of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania 19103-2029. A copy of the proposed decree may be obtained 
by mail from the Department of Justice Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 
7611, Washington, DC 20044. In requesting a copy, please refer to the 
referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $8.00 (.25 cents 
per page production costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Robert D. Brook,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-3268 Filed 2-7-01; 8:45 am]
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