Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR Sec. 50.7 and 42

U.S.C. Sec. 9622(d)(2), notice is hereby given that a proposed consent

decree in United States v. Lewis Frame and Ruth Frame, Civil Action No.

98-CV-2844, was lodged on June 3, 1998, with the United States District

Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. A complaint was filed

simultaneously with the lodging of the consent decree.

The consent decree pertains to the A.I.W. Frank Superfund Site

(``Site''), located in Exton, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It resolves

the claims of the plaintiff, the United States of America, filed

against defendants, Lewis Frame and Ruth Frame, pursuant to Sections

106 and 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation

and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9601 et seq. arising out

of the defendants' past ownership of a portion of the Site. The consent

decree requires the defendants to pay $1.1 million in past response

costs, complete remedial work estimated to cost $1 million and provide

EPA with access to the Site. The consent decree also includes covenants

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

42 U.S.C. Sec. 9601 et seq., and Section 7003 of the Resource

Conservation and Recovery Act (``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 6973, and

provides the defendants with contribution protection.

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. Lewis Frame and Ruth Frame, Civil Action No. 98-CV-

2844, DOJ Ref. #90-11-3-1604. Commentors may request an opportunity for

a public meeting in the affected area, in accordance with Section

7003(d) of RCRA.

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

United States Attorney, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 615 Chestnut

Street, Suite 1250, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106-4476; the Region

III Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 841 Chestnut

Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107; 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 of the body of

the proposed consent decree, please refer to the referenced case and

enclose a check in the amount of $69.75 (25 cents per page reproduction

costs), for each copy. The check should be made payable to the Consent

Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 98-17014 Filed 6-25-98; 8:45 am]

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