[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 71 (Friday, April 11, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 19893]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-7685]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decrees Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980

    Under 42 U.S.C. 9622(d)(2) and 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given 
that on April 7, 2008, two proposed Consent Decrees in United States v. 
Industrial Excess Landfill, Inc., Civil Action Number 5:89-CV-1988 
(consolidated with State of Ohio v. Industrial Excess Landfill, Inc., 
Civil Action Number 5:91-CV-2559), were lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
    The first Consent Decree resolves claims against Charles and Merle 
Kittinger and Kittinger Trucking Company (the ``Kittinger Decree''), 
brought by the United States on behalf of the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency (``EPA'') under section 107 of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607, for response costs incurred and to be 
incurred by the United States in responding to the release and 
threatened release of hazardous substances at the Industrial Excess 
Landfill Superfund Site (``Site'') in Uniontown, Ohio, as well as 
CERCLA and other claims related to the Site brought by the State of 
Ohio. Under the Kittinger Decree, defendants Merle and Charles 
Kittinger and the Kittinger Trucking Company will pay the United States 
$954 in reimbursement of past costs and the State of Ohio $46 in 
reimbursement of response costs.
    The second Consent Decree resolves claims against Industrial Excess 
Landfill, Inc.; Hybud Equipment Corporation; and Hyman Budoff (``Budoff 
Decree''), brought by the United States on behalf of the EPA under 
section 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607, for response costs incurred and 
to be incurred by the United States in responding to the release and 
threatened release of hazardous substances at the Site, as well as 
CERCLA and other claims related to the Site brought against the Budoff 
Defendants by the State of Ohio. Under its Consent Decree, the Budoff 
Defendants will pay $210,000 to the United States and the State of Ohio 
in reimbursement of response costs. The Budoff Decree also requires the 
Budoff Defendants to attempt to sell two different real estate parcels, 
the Site and a neighboring parcel, and turn over the proceeds to the 
United States and the State of Ohio, as well as agree to restrictive 
environmental covenants.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
Consent Decrees. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and either e-
mailed to [email protected] or mailed to P.O. Box 7611, 
U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer 
to United States v. Industrial Excess Landfill, Inc., DOJ Ref. 
 90-11-3-247/2.
    Each Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Northern District of Ohio, 801 West Superior Avenue, 
Suite 400, Cleveland, Ohio 44113, and the Region 5 Office of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois 
60604. During the public comment period, the Consent Decrees may also 
be examined on the following Department of Justice Web site, to http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the Kittinger 
Decree and Budoff 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. In requesting a copy from the Consent Decree 
library, please specify whether requesting the Kittinger Decree, the 
Budoff Decree, or both, and please enclose a check payable to the U.S. 
Treasury in the amount of $6.25 for the Kittinger Decree, $17.25 for 
the Budoff Decree, or $23.50 for both Decrees (for reproduction costs 
of 25 cents per page).

William D. Brighton,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
 [FR Doc. E8-7685 Filed 4-10-08; 8:45 am]
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