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

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 C.F.R. 50.7, notice is

hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. A-1

Battery, Inc., Civil Action No. 3CV980363, was lodged on March 4, 1998,

with the United States District Court for the Middle District of

Pennsylvania. The defendants in the action are alleged to be persons

who arranged for the disposal or treatment, or arranged with a

transporter for transport for disposal or treatment, of hazardous

substances at the Tonolli Corporation Superfund Site, in Nesquehoning

Borough, Carbon County, Pennsylvania. The proposed consent decree

requires the defendants to conduct certain cleanup activities at the

Site under the oversight of the United States Environmental Protection

Agency. The

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estimated cost of cleaning up the former lead smelter and battery

recycling facility is $16.6 million.

The Department of Justice will receive, for a period ending 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 specifically

refer to United States v. A-1 Battery, Inc., DOJ No. 90-7-2-174B.

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

United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Suite

1162, Federal Building, 228 Walnut Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

17108; 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.

In requesting a copy of the proposed consent decree, please enclose

a check in the amount of $83.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs),

payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 98-6840 Filed 3-16-98; 8:45 am]

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