Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)

In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is

hereby given that a proposed de minimis consent decree in United States

v. Buffalo Air Handling et al., Civil Action No. 95-0053-L, was lodged

on September 29, 1995 with the United States District Court for the

Western District of Virginia. The proposed consent decree resolves

claims under Section 107 of CERCLA, 42 Sec. 9607, against certain de

minimis waste contributors for reimbursement of response costs incurred

and to be incurred by the United States at the

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Buckingham County Landfill Superfund Site in Buckingham County,

Virginia. Between 1977 and 1982, each of the de minimis defendants

arranged for the disposal at the Site of hazardous wastes, including

paint wastes and other wastes containing toluene, chromium, arsenic,

barium and other volatile organic compounds (``VOCs'') and metals. The

proposed consent decree requires the de minimis defendants to pay the

United States $471,042, which equals 100% of their share of past

response costs at the Site, plus a 160% premium on these future costs.

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. Buffalo Air Handling el al., DOJ Ref. #90-11-2-900. In

accordance with Section 7003(d) of the Resource Conservation and

Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6923(d), commenters can also request a public

meeting in the affected area.

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

United States Attorney, 105 Franklin Road, S.W., Suite 1, Roanoke,

Virginia 24011; the Region III Office of the Environmental Protection

Agency, 841 Chestnut Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107; 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 refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount

of $6.00 for the Decree without Attachments, and $38.50 for the Decree

plus Attachments (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the

Consent Decree Library.

Bruce S. Gelber,

Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 95-25705 Filed 10-16-95; 8:45 am]

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