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

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is

hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. Viacom

International Inc./Pacific Communications, Inc., et al., C.A. No.

7:99CV00850 (W.D. Va.), was lodged on November 23, 1999, with the

United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia. The

consent decree resolves the United States claims against three

defendants with respect to response costs incurred, pursuant to section

107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and

Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607, in connection with the clean-up of the

Old Salem Tannery Site, located near Salem, Roanoke County, Virginia.

Under the consent decree, defendants Viacom International Inc./Pacific

Communications, Hercules Incorporated, and Yokohama Tire Corporation

will pay the United States $150,000 in reimbursement of a portion of

the response costs incurred in connection with the clean-up of the

Site. Said amount will be paid within thirty days after entry of the

consent decree by the Court.

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, DC 20530, and should refer to United

States v. Viacom International Inc./Pacific Communications, Inc., et

al., DOJ Reference No. 90-11-3-06312.

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

United States Attorney, Thomas B. Mason Building, 105 Franklin Road,

SW, Suite One, Roanoke, Virginia 24011; and the Region III Office of

the Environmental Protection Agency, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania 19103-2029. A copy of the proposed decree may 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 refer to the

referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $7.75 (.25 cents

per page production costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Walker B. Smith,

Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 99-32611 Filed 12-15-99; 8:45 am]

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