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. AlliedSignal Inc. and Amphenol

Corporation, Civil Action No. 97-CV-0436 (TJM/DNH) (N.D.N.Y.), was

lodged on November 3, 1998 with the United States District Court for

the Northern District of New York. The proposed consent decree resolves

potential claims of the United States, on behalf of the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, against third-party defendants the

Village of Sidney, New York, and the Towns of Sidney, Masonville, and

Tompkins, New York, under the Comprehensive Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9601-

9675. These claims are for recovery of response costs incurred and to

be incurred by the United States in connection with the Sidney Landfill

Superfund Site (``Site''), located in Delaware County, New York.

Under the terms of the proposed consent decree, the Village of

Sidney will pay $46,597.60, the Town of Sidney will pay $10,812.00, the

Town of Masonville will pay $3,696.75, and the Town of Tompkins will

pay $1,762.25 to the United States in reimbursement of response costs

incurred and to be incurred by the United States 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, DC 20530, and should refer to United

States v. AlliedSignal Inc. and Amphenol Corporation, Civil Action No.

97-CV-0436 (TJM/DNH) (N.D.N.Y.), DOJ Ref. No. 90-11-2-1128C.

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

United States Attorney, 445 Broadway, Room 231, Albany, New York 12207;

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, NW., 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20005, telephone

(202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed consent decree 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 $7.25 (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. 98-31002 Filed 11-19-98; 8:45 am]

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