[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 143 (Thursday, July 25, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 48671]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-18753]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA'')

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United 
States v. Julie Deutschumann, Civ. No. 02-10240 (MEL), was lodged with 
the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts on 
July 15, 2002, (``Consent Decree''). The Consent Decree resolves the 
liability of Julie Deutschmann, (``Settling Defendant''), the sole 
current owner of the Toka Renbe Farm Superfund Site in Canton, 
Massachusetts (``Site'') for the recovery of costs incurred by the 
United States in response to releases and threatened releases of 
hazardous substances at the Site pursuant to Sections 107(a) and 113 of 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Recovery 
Act, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607(a) and 9613. EPA has 
incurred at least $5,765,632.19 in response costs relating to this 
Site. The United States filed its Complaint on behalf of EPA on 
February 13, 2002.
    This is an ability to pay settlement based upon expert review of 
financial documentation provided to the United States by the Settling 
Defendant. This settlement calls for the liquidation of all real estate 
owned by the Settling Defendant, except for her residence, in addition 
to an up-front cash payment to the United States and a cash payment to 
fund a trust for the purpose of liquidating real property for the 
benefit of the United States. The value of the settlement is estimated 
to be $2,500,000.
    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, Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 
7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should 
refer to United States v. Julie Deutschmann, DOJ Ref. 90-11-2-
1032/1.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, 1 Court House 
Way, U.S. Courthouse, Suite 9200, Boston, Massachusetts 02210 (contact 
Assistant United States Attorney George B. Henderson, II); and the 
Region I Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, One Congress 
Street, Suite 1100, Boston, Massachusetts, 02114-2023 (contact Senior 
Enforcement Counsel, Catherine Garypie). A copy of the proposed Consent 
Decree may be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. 
BOx 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611 or by faxing a request to Tonia 
Fleetwood, fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation number (202) 514-
1547. In requesting a copy please refer to the referenced case and 
enclose a check in the amount of $11.75 (25 cents per page reproduction 
costs) for the Consent Decree, payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Ronald Gluck,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-18753 Filed 7-24-02; 8:45 am]
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