[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 202 (Friday, October 18, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 64417]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-26510]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging Proposed Consent Decree

    In accordance with Department Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, and with section 
122(d) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and 
Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622(d), notice is hereby given 
that a proposed amendment to a partial consent decree in United States 
v. Niagara Frontier Transportation Auth., Case No. 96-CV-0219C(Sc) 
(W.D.N.Y.) was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
Western District of New York on October 2, 2002. This proposed 
amendment to a consent decree will resolve contribution claims against 
the United States pursuant to section 113 of CERCLA for payment of 
response costs incurred at or in connection with the release or 
threatened release of hazardous substances at the Bern Metal Superfund 
Site and the Universal Iron and Metal Superfund Site in Buffalo, New 
York.
    The proposed amendment to the consent decree requires the United 
States to pay $75,000 towards the total response costs.
    The Department of Justice will accept written comments relating to 
this proposed amendment to a consent decree for thirty (30) days from 
the date of publication of this notice. Please address comments to 
Eileen T. McDonough, Environmental Defense Section, U.S. Department of 
Justice, Post Office Box 23986, L'Enfant Plaza Station, Washington, DC 
20026-3986, and refer to this case name and civil action number.
    The proposed amendment to the consent decree may be examined at the 
Clerk's Office, United States District Court for the Western District 
of New York. In addition, the proposed amendment to the consent decree 
may be viewed on the World Wide Web at http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/enrd-home.html.

Scott Schachter,
Environmental Defense Section.
[FR Doc. 02-26510 Filed 10-17-02; 8:45 am]
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