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

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

Notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United

States versus American Recovery Company, et al., Civil Action No. 95-

1590, was lodged on March 22, 1996 with the United States District

Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. The Consent Decree

requires defendant Thomas A. Mekis & Sons, Inc. to pay $14,135 to

reimburse a portion of the United States' past costs associated with

the investigation and clean up of the Municipal & Industrial Disposal

Company Superfund Site (``Site''), located in Elizabeth Township,

Pennsylvania.

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 decrees. 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 versus American Recovery Company, et al., DOJ Ref. #90-

11-2-949.

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,

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 $5.75 (25 cents per page

reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 96-8194 Filed 4-3-96; 8:45 am]

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