[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 12, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31692-31693]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-14714]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree in Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act Cost Recovery 
Action

    In accordance with the Department Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a Consent Decree in United States v. Ameron 
International Corp., Jotun A/S, and The Valspar Corporation, Civil 
Action No. S01-CV-1544 was lodged with the United States District Court 
for the District of Maryland on May 29, 2001. This Consent Decree 
resolves claims of the United States' against Ameron International 
Corp., Jotun A/S, Jotun Marine Coatings, and The Valspar Corporation 
(``Settling Defendants'') under Section 107(a) of the Comprehensive 
Environment Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 
U.S.C. 9607(a), for response costs incurred at the Ainsworth Paint and 
Chemical Superfund Site in Baltimore, Maryland, Pennsylvania. The 
Consent Decree requires the Settling Defendants to pay a total of 
$799,500 in past response costs.
    The Department of Justice will accept written comments on the 
proposed Consent Decree for thirty (30) days from the date of 
publication of this notice. Please address comments to the Acting 
Assistant Attorney General, Environmental and Natural Resources 
Division, Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, 
Washington, D.C. 20044 and refer to United States v. Ameron 
International, Jotun A/S, and The Valspar Corporation, DOJ #90-11-3-
06454.
    Copies of the proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office 
of the United States Attorney, District of Maryland, 101 West Lombard 
Street, 6225 U.S. Courthouse, Baltimore, MD 21201 and at EPA Region 
III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029. A copy of the 
proposed Consent Decree may be obtained by mail from the U.S. 
Department of Justice, Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, 
Washington, DC. 20044-7611. When requesting a copy of the proposed 
Consent Decree, please enclose a check to cover the twenty-five cents 
per page reproduction cost payable to the ``Consent Decree Library'' in 
the amount of $6.50, and please reference United States v. Ameron 
International Corp., Jotun A/S, and The

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Valspar Corporation, DOJ No. 90-11-2-06454.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environmental and 
Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 01-14714 Filed 6-11-01; 8:45 am]
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