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

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decrees Under the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

Notice is hereby given that on August 31, 1999, a proposed consent

decree in United States v. Charles L. Guyton, et al., Civil Action No.

99CV223, was

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lodged with the United States District Court for the Eastern District

of Virginia.

In this action, the United States sought recovery under Section 107

of CERCLA of in excess of $2.7 million in response costs incurred as

well as costs to be incurred by the United States in response to the

release or threatened release of hazardous substances at the C&R

Battery Company, Inc. Superfund Site (``Site''), located in

Chesterfield, Virginia. The Consent Decree will resolve the claims

against three of the defendants, Ricky Wharton T/A Wharton Enterprises,

Divid Cunningham T/A Battery Barn and Battery Barn of Virginia, Inc.,

for the payment, aggregate, of $25,757.56 to the United States. The

Consent Decree contains a covenant not to sue by the United States

under Section 107 of CERCLA. The Consent Decree will not resolve the

United States' claims against the remaining defendant, Charles L.

Guyton, who was the operator 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 of the Environment and Natural Resources Division,

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

United States v. Charles L. Guyton, et al., DOJ Ref. #90-11-2-692/2.

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

United States Attorney, Eastern District of Virginia, Richmond

Division, 600 E. Main Street, Suite 1800, Richmond, VA, 23219; at U.S.

EPA Region III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-

2029; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G. Street, N.W., 3rd

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, 1120 G Street, N.W., 3rd Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005.

In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $46.25

(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. 99-24604 Filed 9-21-99; 8:45 am]

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