Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree under the

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

Notice is hereby given that on February 27, 1998, a proposed

consent decree in United States v. St. Julian Corp., et al., Civil

Action No. 2:96CV1161 was lodged with the United States District Court

for the Eastern District of Virginia.

In this action the United States sought to recover from defendants

Fine Petroleum Company, Inc., Milton Fine, and St. Julian Corporation

past response costs from two prior removal actions at the Fine

Petroleum Company, Inc., Superfund Site, in Norfolk, Virginia. The

proposed settlement provides reimbursement of approximately $1,640,000

of the United States' past response costs, of which the private

defendants will pay $400,000 based on their ability to pay, and the

Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service, a component of the

Department of Defense, against whom the defendants filed counter-

claims, will pay $1,239,327.58.

The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30)

days from the date of this publication comments relating to the

proposed decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney

General of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department

of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United States v.

St. Julian Corp., et al., DOJ Ref. 90-11-2-1188.

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

States Attorney, Eastern District of Virginia, 8000 World Trade Center,

101 W. Main Street, Norfolk, VA; at U.S. EPA Region III, 841 Chestnut

Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120

G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy

of the consent decree may be obtained in person or by mail from the

Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC

20005. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of

$7.50 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent

Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 98-6109 Filed 3-9-98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410-15-M