Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 C.F.R. Sec. 50.7, notice

is hereby given that on December 15, 1995, a proposed Consent Decree in

United States versus Niagara Transformer Corporation, Civil No. 89-CV-

1358, was lodged with the United States District Court for the Western

District of New York. The proposed Consent Decree will settle the

United States' claims against Niagara Transformer under Section 107 of

the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607, for response costs and natural

resource damages incurred at the Wide Beach Development Superfund Site

in Brant, New York.

Under the terms of the Consent Decree, Niagara Transformer will pay

to the United States as reimbursement of response costs incurred a

total of $869,569, plus interest, in three installments by March 1,

1997. Niagara Transformer will also pay to the United States for

natural resource damages a total of $57,974, plus interest, on the same

schedule.

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,

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

United States versus Niagara Transformer Corporation, D.O.J. Ref. 90-

11-3-417.

The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Region II Office

of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, New

York, NY 10007, and at the Environmental Enforcement Section Document

Center, 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 Enviromental Enforcement Section Document

Center, 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 $8.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) made

payable to Consent Decree Library.

Bruce S. Gelber,

Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 96-604 Filed 1-18-96; 8:45 am]

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