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

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Degree Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

Notice is hereby given that a consent decree in United States v.

A&D Recycling, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 1:CV-99-1332 (M.D. Pa.)

was lodged with the court on July 28, 1999.

The proposed decree resolves claims of the United States against

120 defendants under Sections 106 and 107 of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended

(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607, for response costs and actions

at the Jack's Creek Superfund Site in Mifflin County, PA. The decree

requires 40 of the defendants to perform the EPA-selected remedial

action to address hazardous substance contamination at the site. That

remedial action includes, inter alia, excavation and off-site disposal

of certain contamination and on-site consolidation and capping of other

contamination. The remaining 80 defendants are accorded de minimis

treatment and required to pay a total of $3.05 million toward cleanup

of 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 for the Environment and Natural Resources Division,

Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to

United States v. A&D Recycling, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 1:CV-99-

1332 (M.D. Pa.), DOJ Ref. #90-11-2-911. Commenters may request an

opportunity for a public meeting in the affected area, in accordance

with section 7003(d) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6973(d).

The proposed consent decree may be examined at the United States

Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division,

Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 3rd Floor, Washington, DC

20005, (202) 624-0892. 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 $27.50 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the

Consent Degree Library. A copy of the exhibits to the decree may be

obtained from the same source for an additional charge of $50.00

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 99-21466 Filed 8-17-99; 8:45 am]

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