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 v. Atlantic Richfield Co., Civil No. 3-91-CV-248, was lodged on

August 27, 1997, with the United States District Court for the District

of Connecticut. The decree resolves claims against Litton Systems, Inc.

in the above-referenced action under the Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), for

contamination at the Laurel Park Landfill Superfund Site in the Borough

of Naugatuck, Connecticut (the ``Site''). In the proposed consent

decree, the settling defendant agrees to reimburse the United States

for $30,000 in past response costs incurred by the Environmental

Protection Agency at the Site, and to reimburse the State of

Connecticut $6,000 for past State costs. The Consent Decree includes a

covenant not to sue by the United States under Sections 106 and 107 of

CERCLA.

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. Atlantic Richfield Co., DOJ Ref. Number 90-11-2-703.

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

United States Attorney, Connecticut Financial Center, 157 Church St.,

New Haven, CT 06510, the New England Region Office of the Environmental

Protection Agency, JFK Federal Building, Boston, MA 02203-2211; 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 $8.00 for the Consent Decree (25 cents per page reproduction costs),

payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Bruce S. Gelber,

Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 97-25219 Filed 9-22-97; 8:45 am]

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