Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree With Third Party Defendant Owners of Residential Property Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree With Third Party Defendant

Owners of Residential Property Under the Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

Notice is hereby given that on July 8, 1997, a proposed Consent

Decree with Third Party Defendant Owners of Residential Property in

United States v. Raymark Industries, Inc., et al., No. 97CV00035 (DJS)

(D. Conn.), was lodged with the United States District Court for the

District of Connecticut.

This consent decree resolves claims pursuant to Sections 106 and

107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and

Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. Secs. 9606 and 9607, against certain third

party defendant owners of residential property in the Town of

Stratford, Connecticut related to the Raymark Industries, Inc.

Superfund Site in Stratford, Connecticut. In the proposed consent

decree, the settling parties agree to pay to the United States and the

State of Connecticut $1 each, to provide the Environmental Protection

Agency with access to their property, to exercise due care with respect

to their property, and to covenant not to sue the United States or the

State.

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

of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of

Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to United States v.

Raymark Industries, Inc., et al., D.J. Ref. 90-7-1-545E.

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

States Attorney, 915 Lafayette Blvd., Bridgeport, Connecticut, at U.S.

EPA Region 1, One Congress Street, J.F. Kennedy Federal Building,

Boston, Massachusetts, and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G

Street, N.W. 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy

of the consent decree may be obtained in person or by mail for the

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

20005. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of

$16.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent

Decree Library.

Bruce S. Gelber,

Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment & Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 97-18622 Filed 7-15-97; 8:45 am]

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