[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 108 (Friday, June 4, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31638-31639]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-12621]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)
Under section 122(d)(2) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(d)(2), and 28 CFR
50.7, notice is hereby given that on May 26, 2004, a proposed Consent
Decree in United States v. Ralph Bello, et. al.,
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Civil Action No. 3:01 CV 1568 (SRU), was lodged with the United States
District court for the District of Connecticut.
In this action, the United States sought recovery of response costs
incurred by the United States Environmental Protection Agency in
conducting a soil cleanup removal action at the National Oil Service
Superfund Site in West Haven, Connecticut. The United States filed its
complaint pursuant to section 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C.
9607(a), seeking recovery of response costs incurred at the Site. The
complaint named five defendants, four of which are participating in the
proposed settlement: Ralph Bello, Vera Bello, Vera Associates Limited
Partnership, and the real property address at 16-20 Elm Street, West
Haven, Connecticut (collectively ``the Owner/Operator Defendants'').
The proposed Consent Decree resolves the United States' cost recovery
claims against each of the Owner/Operator Defendants or Settling
Defendants. Under the proposed Decree, the Settling Defendants
collectively agree to pay $150,000 in partial reimbursement of the
United States' 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 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. Ralph Bello, et.al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-07333/
1.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, Connecticut Financial Center, New Haven, CT,
and at U.S. EPA Region 1, One Congress Street, Boston, MA. During the
public comment period, the 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 also be obtained
by mail from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. 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 no. (202) 514-1547. For a copy of the
proposed Consent Decree including the signature pages and attachments,
please enclose a check in the amount of $4.25 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to ``U.S. Treasury.''
Ronald Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 04-12621 Filed 6-3-04; 8:45 am]
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