[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 202 (Friday, October 18, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 64415]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-26508]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with the Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that two Consent Decrees in United States v. CryoChem, 
Inc., C.S. Garber & Sons, Inc., Elizabeth H. Garber, Executrix of the 
Estate of Claude W. Garber, Russell E. Garber, Jr. and Randall J. 
Garber, Co-Executors of the Estate of Russell E. Garber, Sr., and Joan 
E. Miller, Executrix for the Estate of Kathryn Reigner (``Settling 
Defendants''), Civil Action No. 02-CV-746, were lodged with the United 
States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on 
September 26, 2002. These Consent Decrees resolve claims of the United 
States' against the Settling Defendants under Sections 106 and 107(a) 
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability 
Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607(a). The Consent Decrees 
require the Settling Defendants to make payments in reimbursement of 
response costs for the CryoChem Superfund Site located in Berks County, 
Pennsylvania. One of the Consent Decrees is between the United States 
and C.S. Garber & Sons, Inc. and the Estates and requires C.S. Garber 
and Sons, Inc. to pay a total of $240,000, plus interest, over a period 
of four years. This Consent Decree also requires each of the Estates to 
pay $167,000 in reimbursement of response costs, for a total of 
$501,000. The second Consent Decree requires CryoChem, Inc. to pay 
$200,000 in reimbursement of response costs. The total amount to be 
paid by all parties under both Consent Decrees is $941,000.
    The Department of Justice will accept written comments on the 
proposed Consent Decrees for thirty (30) days from the date of 
publication of this notice. Please address comments to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, 
DC 20044-7611, and refer to United States v. CryoChem, Inc., C.S. 
Garber & Sons, Inc., Elizabeth H. Garber, Executrix of the Estate of 
Claude W. Garber, Russell E. Garber, Jr. and Randall J. Garber, Co-
Executors of the Estate of Russell E. Garber, Sr., and Joan E. Miller, 
Executrix for the Estate of Kathryn Reigner, DOJ 90-11-3-
06815.
    Copies of the proposed Consent Decrees may be examined at the 
Office of the United States Attorney, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 
615 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106 and at EPA Region III, 1650 
Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103. Copies of the proposed Consent 
Decrees 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 Decrees, please enclose a 
check to cover the twenty-five cents per page reproduction costs 
payable to the ``U.S. Treasury'' in the amount of $7.00 for the Consent 
Decree between the United States and CryoChem, Inc. and in the amount 
of $8.25 for the Consent Decree between the United States and C.S. 
Garber & Sons, Inc., Elizabeth H. Garber, Executrix of the Estate of 
Claude W. Garber, Russell E. Garber, Jr. and Randall J. Garber, Co-
Executors of the Estate of Russell E. Garber, Sr., and Joan E. Miller, 
Executrix for the Estate of Kathryn Reigner. Please specify which 
Consent Decree you are seeking and reference United States v. CryoChem, 
Inc., C.S. Garber & Sons, Inc., Elizabeth H. Garber, Executrix of the 
Estate of Claude W. Garber, Russell E. Garber, Jr., and Randall J. 
Garber, Co-Executors of the Estate of Russell E. Garber, Sr., and Joan 
E. Miller, Executrix for the Estate of Kathryn Reigner, DOJ 
901-11-3-06815.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 02-26508 Filed 10-17-02; 8:45 am]
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