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

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Second Amendment to Consent Decree Pursuant

to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and

Liability Act

Notice is hereby given that a proposed Second Amendment to the

Consent Decree in United States of America and the State of New

Hampshire v. City of Somersworth, et al., Civil No. C-96-46-SD

(D.N.H.), was lodge with the United States District Court for the

District of New Hampshire on September 29, 1999. The proposed Second

Amendment concerns alleged liability of the United States and State of

New Hampshire, based on actions by the New Hampshire National Guard,

pursuant to sections 107 and 113 of the Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607,

9613, regarding response actions by the City of Somersworth and the

General Electric Company at the Somersworth Sanitary Landfill Superfund

Site (``Site'') in Somersworth, New Hampshire.

The proposed Second Amendment to the Consent Decree would resolve

any potential liability which the New Hampshire National Guard may have

at the Site which may be attributable to the United States by requiring

the United States to pay $2,340.30 to the EPA Hazardous Substances

Superfund and $13,261.70 to the City of Somersworth

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and the General Electric Company in reimbursement for past and future

response costs at the Site. The State of New Hampshire will make

identical payments to resolve any potential liability which the New

Hampshire National Guard may have at the Site which may be attributable

to the State.

The U.S. Department of Justice will receive written comments

relating to the proposed Second Amendment to the Consent Decree for a

period of thirty (30) days from the date of publication of this notice.

Comments should be addressed to Harry M. Hughes, Trial Attorney, U.S.

Department of Justice, Environmental Defense Section, P.O. Box 23986,

Washington, D.C. 20026-3986 and should refer to United States of

America and the State of New Hampshire v. City of Somersworth, et al.,

Civil No. C-96-46-SD (D.N.H.), DJ# 90-11-6-05509.

The proposed Second Amendment to the Consent Decree may be examined

at the Clerk's Office, United States District Court for the District of

New Hampshire, 55 Pleasant Street, room 110 Concord, New Hampshire

03301-3941 and at the Region I office of the Environmental Protection

Agency, 1 Congress Street, suite 1100, Boston, Massachusetts 02114. A

copy of the proposed consent decree may also be obtained by mail from

the Department of Justice Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611,

Washington, D.C. 20044. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check

(there is a 25 cent per page reproduction cost) in the amount of $6.25

payable to the ``Consent Decree Library.''

Letitia Grishaw,

Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environmental and Natural

Resources Division, Department of Justice.

[FR Doc. 99-26106 Filed 10-6-99; 8:45 am]

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