[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 126 (Thursday, July 1, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 39965]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-14890]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
Notice is hereby given that on June 22, 2004, a proposed Consent
Decree in United States v. Holyoke Water Power Company, et al., Civil
Action No. 04-30119-MAP, was lodged with the United States District
Court for the District of Massachusetts.
The proposed Consent Decree will settle the United States' natural
resource damage claims under the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.,
on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(``NOAA'') and the Department of the Interior (``DOI'') (``Federal
Trustees'') against Holyoke Water Power Company (``Holyoke Water
Power'') and the City of Holyoke Gas & Electric Department (``HG&E'')
(``Settling Defendants'') relating to the Holyoke Gas Tar Deposits and
former Holyoke Gas Works (together, the ``Site''), Massachusetts
priority disposal sites, located in and around Holyoke, Massachusetts.
Pursuant to the Consent Decree, the Settling Defendants will pay
$500,000 as natural resource damages to the Federal Trustees and to the
Executive Office of Environmental Affairs of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts (together, the ``Trustees''). Of this amount, $155,000
will be utilized to reimburse, in part, the Trustees' assessment costs
and $345,000 will be utilized to carry out restoration projects.
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 of the Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United
States v. Holyoke Water Power Company, et al., Civil Action No. 04-
30119-MAP, D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-1455.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, District of Massachusetts, 1550 Main Street,
U.S. Courthouse, Room 310, Springfield, MA 01103. During the public
comment period, the proposed Consent Decree may also be examined on the
following Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the proposed Consent Decree may be obtained by
mail from the Consent Decree Library, PO Box 7611, U.S. Department of
Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611 or by faxing or e-mailing a request
to Tonia Fleetwood ([email protected]), fax no. (202) 514-0097,
phone confirmation number (202) 514-1547. If requesting a copy of the
proposed Consent Decree, please so note and enclose a check in the
amount of $8.50 (25 cent per page reproduction cost) payable to the
U.S. Treasury.
Ronald G. Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 04-14890 Filed 6-30-04; 8:45 am]
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