[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8986-8987]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-4214]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)
In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 U.S.C. 50.7, notice is
hereby given that on February 11, 2004, a proposed Consent Decree in
United States v. Sporting Goods Properties, Inc., Civil Action No. 3:04
CV 242 (PCD), was lodged with the United States District Court for the
District of Connecticut.
In this action, the United States sought recovery for natural
resource damages relating to the release of hazardous substances,
including lead, and lead shot, at the site known as the Remington Gun
Club--Lordship Point Gun Club Site, located in Stratford, Connecticut
(``the Site''). 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 all damages resulting from injuries to natural resources
related to the Site, and the reasonable costs incurred in assessing
such injuries. The complaint names defendant sporting Goods Properties,
Inc. as the current owner of the Site and as the owner at the time of
the release of hazardous substances. Sporting Goods Properties, Inc.
was known as the Remington Arms Company, Inc. before November 30, 1993.
The proposed Consent Decree resolves the United States' natural
resource damage claims against Sporting Goods Properties, Inc. Under
the proposed Decree, the settling defendant agrees to pay approximately
$250,000 in compensation for natural resource damages, and
reimbursement for assessment costs. In addition, the settling defendant
is required to install an indigenous grassland community at the Site.
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. Sporting Goods Properties, Inc., D.J. Ref.
90-11-2-06638.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, Connecticut Financial Center, New Haven, CT.
During the public comment period, the Consent
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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, D.C.
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. In requesting a copy from the Consent Decree
Library, without the attachments, please enclose a check in the amount
of $7.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S.
Treasury.
Ronald Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 04-4214 Filed 2-25-04; 8:45 am]
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