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 consent decree in United States v.

Reynolds Metals Co. and Westvaco Corp., Civil Action No. 3:97-CV-226

(E.D. Va.) was lodged on March 28, 1997.

The proposed decree resolves the claims of the Untied States under

Sections 106 and 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,

Compensation and Liability Act, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C.

Secs. 9606 and 9607, for past response costs and certain response

actions at the HH Burn Pit Superfund Site in Hanover County, Virginia.

The decree obligates the Settling Defendants to reimburse $1.5 million

of the United States' past response costs and to perform the remedial

action the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has selected for the

site.

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. Reynolds Metals Corporation, DOJ Ref. #90-11-3-1408.

The proposed consent decree may be examined at the United States

Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division,

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 $24.25 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the

Consent Decree Library. Attachments to the proposed consent decree can

be obtained for additional amount.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 97-11341 Filed 4-30-97; 8:45 am]

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