[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 71 (Thursday, April 14, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 19783]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-7467]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
Pursuant to 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on April 1,
2005, a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Diamond State
Salvage Company, Inc., Estate of Herbert Sherr, Nancy A. Sherr,
Executrix of the Estate of Herbert Sherr, Barbara Sherr Kleger, and
Delmarva Power & Light Company, Civil Action No. 05-76, was lodged with
the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.
In this civil action under the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), the United
States seeks recovery of response costs from Diamond State Salvage
Company, Inc., the Estate of Herbert Sherr, Barbara Sherr Kleger, and
Delmarva Power & Light Company in connection with the Diamond State
Salvage Superfund Site in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
(``the Diamond State Salvage Site''). The Consent Decree requires the
Estate of Herbert Sherr, Barbara Sherr Kleger, and Delmarva Power &
Light Company to pay a total of $324,000 in reimbursement of response
costs relating to the Diamond State Salvage Site. Diamond State Salvage
Company, the current owner of the Diamond State Salvage Site, is not a
party to the Consent Decree.
The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the
Consent Decree for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of this
publication. Please address comments to the Assistant Attorney General,
Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S.
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and refer to United
States v. Diamond State Salvage Company, Inc., Estate of Herbert Sherr,
Nancy A. Sherr, Executrix of the Estate of Herbert Sherr, Barbara Sherr
Kleger, and Delmarva Power & Light Company, D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-1275.
The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United
States Attorney for the District of Delaware, 1201 Market Street, Suite
1100, Wilmington, DE 19899-2046 and at U.S. EPA Region III, 1650 Arch
Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103. 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
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
number (202) 514-1547. When requesting a copy from the Consent Decree
Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $7.75 for the Consent
Decree only or $15.50 for the Consent Decree and attachments thereto
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.
Robert Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 05-7467 Filed 4-13-05; 8:45 am]
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