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

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decrees Pursuant to the

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR Sec. 50.7, notice is

hereby given that three related proposed Consent Decrees in United

States v. Alcas Cutlery Corp., et al., Civil Action No. 98CV0052A(M)

United States v. AVX Corporation, Civil Action No. 98CV0054A(M), and

United States v. McGraw-Edison Company, et al., Civil Action No.

98CV0053A(M) were lodged on January 21, 1998, with the United States

District Court for the Western District of New York. The three

complaints in these actions seek: (1) To recover, pursuant to the

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., response costs incurred and to be

incurred by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') at the

Olean Wellfield Superfund Site located in the City of Olean, Town of

Olean and Town of Portville, New York (``Site''); and (2) injunctive

relief under Section 106 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606.

The three proposed Consent Decrees embody agreements with three

groups of potentially responsible parties (``PRPs'') at the Site

pursuant to Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607:

(1) to pay for a portion of EPA's past response costs at the Site; and

(2) to perform source control remedies at three parcels of property

located within the Site.

The three Consent Decrees provide the settling defendants with

releases for civil liability for EPA's past and future CERCLA response

costs.

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 Decrees.

Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General for

the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice,

P.O. Box 7611, Washington, D.C. 20044-7611, and should refer to United

States v. Alcas Cutlery Corp., et al., United States v. AVX

Corporation, and United States v. McGraw-Edison Company, et al., DOJ

Ref. No. 90-11-3-181B.

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

United States Attorney, 138 Delaware Ave., Buffalo, NY 14202; the

Region II Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, Region II

Records Center, 290 Broadway, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10007-1866; and

at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., Fourth Floor,

Washington, D.C. 2005, (202) 624-0892. Copies of the proposed consent

decrees may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree

Library, 1120 G Street, Fourth Floor, N.W., Washington, D.C. 2005. In

requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced case and enclose a

check in the amount of $240.00 ($0.25 per page reproduction costs),

payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Bruce Gelber,

Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 98-2867 Filed 2-4-98; 8:45 am]

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