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

Consistent with Departmental policy 28 CFR 50.7, 38 FR 19029, and

42 U.S.C. 9622(d), notice is hereby given that on October 4, 1999, a

proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Richard Mottolo, K.J. Quinn

& Co., Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 83-547-B, was lodged with the

United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire. The

proposed Consent Decree will resolve the United States' claims under

the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601, et seq., on behalf of the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') against the K.J. Quinn & Co.,

Inc., relating to the Mottolo Superfund Site (``Site'') located in

Raymond, New Hampshire. The K.J. Quinn & Co., Inc., was previously

adjudicated liable under Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 96097(a).

Pursuant to the Consent Decree, the K.J. Quinn & Co., Inc., has

agreed to reimburse to the United States $2,000,000 for costs incurred

and to be

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incurred by the DPA at the Mottolo Site after May 1, 1990. Costs that

were incurred by the DPA prior to May 1, 1990, were addressed in a

previous consent decree with the K.J. Quinn & Co., Inc. The K.J. Quinn

& Co., Inc., has already paid $1,445,949 of the $2,000,000 amount and

is to make the remaining payment of $554,051, along with interest from

October 16, 1998, within 7 days of entry of this Consent Decree.

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. Any 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. Richard Mottolo, K.J. Quinn & Co., Inc., et

al., Civil Action No. 83-545-B, D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-17.

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

United States Attorney, District of New Hampshire, 55 Pleasant Street,

Concord, New Hampshire 03301 and at Region I, Office of the

Environmental Protection Agency, One Congress St., Boston, MA 02203. 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 $6.50

payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Bruce Belber,

Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 99-26824 Filed 10-13-99; 8:45 am]

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