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

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Amendment To Consent Decree Pursuant to the

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, and 42 U.S.C.

9622(d)(2), notice is hereby given that a proposed amendment to the

consent decree in United States v. GATX Corporation and General

American Transportation Corporation, Civil Action No. 94-312E, was

lodged on June 1, 1995 with the United States District Court for the

Western District of Pennsylvania. The original Consent Decree requires

the defendants to excavate and incinerate contaminated soils and

sludges at the Site at the Saegertown Industrial Area Site in

Saegertown, Crawford County, Pennsylvania. The Consent Decree also

requires the defendants to pay a portion of the United States past and

future costs associated with the Site. Further, the consent decree

requires the defendants to reimburse the United States for damages

caused to the natural resources within the trusteeship of the U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service.

The proposed amendment to the Consent Decree modifies the clean up

that the defendants must perform. Instead of on-site incineration, the

proposed amendment would require transportation of the sludges and

soils to an off-site cement kiln, where the materials will be used as

an alternative fuel.

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 for the Environment and Natural Resources Division,

Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to

United States v. GATX Corporation and General American Transportation

Corporation, DOJ Ref. #90-11-2-870.

The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the

United States Attorney, 633 Post Office & Courthouse, 7th & Grant

Streets, Pittsburgh, PA 15219; the Region III Office of the

Environmental Protection Agency, 841 Chestnut Building, Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania 19107; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street,

NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 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 refer to the referenced case

and enclose a check in the amount of $44.55 (25 cents per page

reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Bruce S. Gelbert,

Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 95-13804 Filed 6-5-95; 8:45 am]

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