[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 13, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 56858]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-28365]


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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 and 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. 
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Corning, Inc. and First Piedmont Corp., 
Civil Action No. 4:01CV00062, was lodged on October 30, 2001 with the 
United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia. The 
consent decree resolves the United States' claims against defendants 
with respect to past costs incurred in response to contamination at the 
First Piedmont Rock Quarry (Route 719) Site in Pittsylvania County, 
Virginia, pursuant to Section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607.
    Under the consent decree, defendants will pay the United States 
$973,095 in reimbursement of past response costs incurred in connection 
with the Site. Said amount will be paid within thirty (30) days after 
entry of the consent decree by the Court. As part of the proposed 
settlement, defendants will receive a covenant not to sue for and 
contribution protection for past response costs.
    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 Acting 
Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should 
refer to United States v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Corning, Inc. and 
First Piedmont Corp., DOJ reference number 90-11-3-07144.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, 105 Franklin Road, S.W., Suite One, Roanoke, 
Virginia; and the Region III Office of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 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 $4.75 ($.25 per page for production costs), 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Robert D. Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-28365 Filed 11-9-01; 8:45 am]
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