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 section 50.7, and

with Section 122 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9622, notice is hereby given

that a consent decree in United States v. School District of

Philadelphia, Board of Education, No. 97-3829, (E.D. Pa.) was lodged on

June 3, 1997, with the United States District Court for the Eastern

District of Pennsylvania. The consent decree resolves the claims of the

United States pursuant to Section 17 of the Toxic Substances Control

Act (``TSCA''), 15 U.S.C. section 2616. The United States seeks

permanent injunctive relief for violations by Defendant, the

Philadelphia School District, Board of Education (``the School

District''), of Sections 6(e) and 15 of TSCA, 15 U.S.C. sections

2605(e), 2614, and regulations promulgated thereunder, codified at 40

CFR Part 761, affecting the use, marking, disposal, and recordkeeping

requirements for electrical transformers containing polychlorinated

biphenyls (``PCBs''). Defendant is obligated under the consent decree

to take remedial action under TSCA regulations.

The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30)

days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the

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. School District of Philadelphia, Board of Education, DOJ Ref. # 90-

5-1-4353. Comments may also be addressed to the United States Attorney,

Eastern District of Pennsylvania, c/o Ms. Nadine Overton, 615 Chestnut

Street, Suite 1250, Philadelphia, PA.

The consent decree may be examined and copied at the Office of the

Clerk, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; or

the Region III Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, c/o Ms.

Donna Mastro, 841 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA. A copy of the

consent decree may also be obtained in person or by mail from the

Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street NW., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C.

20005. In requesting a copy please refer to the referenced case and

enclose a check in the amount of $8.00 (25 cents per page reproduction

cost), payable to the Consent Decree library.

Walker Smith,

Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.

[FR Doc. 97-16431 Filed 6-23-97; 8:45 am]

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