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

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on March 27, 1998 a

proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Lancaster Battery Company,

et al., Civil Action No. 90-5201 was lodged with the United States

District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

In this action the United States sought to recover response costs

incurred by the Environmental Protection Agency in performing cleanup

actions at the Lancaster Battery Superfund Site located in Lancaster,

Pennsylvania. The Consent Decree requires that the 32 settling

defendants (31 companies that sent used auto batteries to the site for

disposal, plus the site operator) pay to the Hazardous Substances

Superfund, the amount of $723,400. This represents a 100% recovery of

EPA's response costs at this site.

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

days from the date of this publication comments relating to the consent

decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General

of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of

Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to United States v.

Lancaster Battery company, et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-2-605.

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

States Attorney, 615 Chestnut Street, Suite 1250, Philadelphia 19106,

at U.S. EPA Region 3, 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 consent

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

Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th

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Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy, please enclose a

check in the amount of $13.25 (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. 98-9446 Filed 4-9-98; 8:45 am]

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