# Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

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## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Uncategorized Document
- **Published:** November 28, 1994

## Text

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

Consistent with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, 38 Fed. Reg.
19029, notice is hereby given that on November 14, 1994, a proposed
consent decree in United States v. Federal Pacific Electric Company,
Inc. et al., Civil Action No. 92-11924T, was lodged with the United
States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The proposed
consent decree requires defendants Harold Friedland, Leonard Friedland,
and Jack Friedland, and the Friedland Brothers Enterprises Inc.
(collectively ``the Friedlands''), under certain conditions, to
reimburse the United States and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for
$38,500,000 in past and future response costs incurred and to be
incurred for response actions in connection with the Norwood PCB
Superfund Site in Norwood, Massachusetts, and to pay $1,500,000 in
civil penalties and punitive damages for failure to comply with a
Unilateral Administrative Order issued in August 1990 to perform the
remedy set forth in the Record of Decision for the Site. The
$40,000,000 total judgment amount is partially payable from the
proceeds of claims the Friedlands have against Cooper Industries, Inc.,
Cornell-Dubilier Electronics, Inc., and Federal Pacific Electric
Company, Inc. for indemnification under the terms of a lease agreement.
The proposed consent decree also guarantees recovery of $7 million from
the Friedlands.
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, D.C. 20530, and should refer to
United States v. Federal Pacific Electric Company, Inc. et al., Civil
Action No. 92-11924T, D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-372A.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, District of Massachusetts, J.W. McCormack Post
Office and Courthouse, Boston, Massachusetts, 02109, and at Region I,
Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, One Congress Street,
Boston, Massachusetts, 02203 and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G
Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy
of the proposed consent decree may be obtained in person or by mail
from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor,
Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in
the amount of $15.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to
the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 94-29231 Filed 11-25-94; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4410-01-M

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