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

Notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in the action

entitled United States v. Tansitor Electronics, Inc. et al., Civil

Action No. 2:99-CV-14, was lodged on January 11, 1999, with the United

States District Court for the District of Vermont. The proposed consent

decree resolves the claims of the United States in a complaint filed

against Tanitor Electronics, Inc. (``Tansitor'') and Siemens

Communication Systems, Inc. (``Siemens'') (the ``Settling

Defendants''), pursuant to Sections 106 and 107 of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''),

42 U.S.C. Secs. 9606 and 9607. In the compliant, which was filed with

the proposed decree, the United States seeks (1) recovery of past

unreimbursed response costs incurred by the United States at the

Tansitor Electronics, Inc. Superfund Site (``Site''), located in

Bennington, Vermont, (2) recovery for injury to natural resources at

the Site, and (3) an order requiring Settling Defendants to implement

the remedy selected for the Site by EPA in a Record of Decision dated

September 29, 1995 (``ROD''). The Settling Defendants are current and

former owners and operators of the Site.

Pursuant to the proposed settlement, the Settling Defendants have

agreed to (1) Reimburse the EPA Hazardous Substance Superfund in the

amount of $300,000, (2) pay the United State's future oversight costs

in connection with the Site in excess of $40,000, (3) pay $21,000 to

the Department of the Interior with respect to damages to natural

resources at the Site, and (4) implement the remedy for the Site

selected by EPA in the ROD, which includes the filing of a restrictive

easement, long-term groundwater monitoring, and the implementation of

further studies of certain contingencies occur.

The State of Vermont is also a party to the settlement. The

Settling Defendants have agreed to reimburse Vermont for all future

oversight costs in excess of $10,000.

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. Any 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 refer to

United States v. Tansitor Electronics, Inc., DOJ Ref. Number 90-11-3-

737A.

The proposed consent decree may be examined in EPA Region 1

(contact Audrey Zucker, 617-918-1788); and the Consent Decree Library,

1120 G Street, NW., 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20005, (202) 614-0892. A

copy of the proposed consent decree may be obtained in person or by

mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 3rd Floor,

Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy, please refer to the

referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $91.50 (25 cents

per page reproduction costs) for the decree with all appendices, or in

the amount of $37.25 for the decree without Appendix A, which is the

ROD, payable to the Consent Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Section Chief, Enviromental Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 99-1808 Filed 1-26-99; 8:45 am]

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