Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as Amended

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as

Amended

In accordance with Department of Justice policy, 28 CFR 50.7,

notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in the action

entitled United States of America v. ElectroSound Group, Inc., First

Holbrook Company, Genco Auto Electric, Inc., Red Ground Company, and

Red Ground Corporation, No. CV-97-728 (E.D.N.Y.), was lodged on

February 12, 1997 with the United States District Court for the Eastern

District of New York. The proposed Consent Decree resolves the claims

by the United States under the Comprehensive Environmental Response,

Compensative, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42

U.S.C. 9601-9675, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

against the above-named defendants for operable unit 1 at the Site.

These claims are for recovery of response costs incurred and to be

incurred by the United States in connection with operable unit 1 of the

Goldisc Recordings Superfund Site (``Site'') in the Town of Islip,

Suffolk County, New York and for injunctive relief to require

performance of the remedy selected by the United States Environmental

Protection Agency (the ``EPA'') for operable unit 1 at the Site.

The Consent Decree provides for the performance of the remedy

(except for institutional controls) by ElectroSound; the provision of

access to the Site by Red Ground Company, Red Ground Corporation, and

ElectroSound; the implementation of institutional controls by Red

Ground Company and Red Ground Corporation; the payment by Genco of

$108,000 of EPA's past costs; and the payment by ElectroSound and the

First Holbrook Company of $300,000 of EPA's past response costs and

$22,000 of EPA's future response cost with respect to 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, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S.

Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to

United States of America v. ElectroSound Group, Inc., First Holbrook

Company, Genco Auto Electric, Inc., Red Ground Company, and Red Ground

Corporation, No. CV-97-728 (E.D.N.Y.), DOJ Ref. No. 90-11-2-898B.

The proposed Consent Decree and appendices may be examined at the

Office of the United States Attorney, 1 Pierrepont Plaza, 14th Floor,

Brooklyn, New York 11201; the Region II Office of the Environmental

Protection Agency 290 Broadway, New York, New York 10007-1866; and the

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

D.C. 20005, telephone (202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed Consent

decree and appendices may be obtained in person or by mail from the

Consent Decree Library. In requesting a copy, please refer to the

referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $21.00 (25 cents

per page reproduction costs) made payable to Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 97-4877 Filed 2-26-97; 8:45 am]

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