Notice of Lodging of Two Proposed Consent Decrees in Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act Cost Recovery Action

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Two Proposed Consent Decrees in

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

Cost Recovery Action

In accordance with the Departmental Policy, 28 C.F.R. 50.7, notice

is hereby given that two Consent Decrees in United States v. Ralph

Riehl Jr. et al., Civil Action No. 89-226E were lodged with the United

States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on March

29, 1999. These Consent Decrees resolve the United States' claims

against Kondu Corporation and Lincoln Metal Processing Company under

Sections 106 and 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,

Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606 and

9607(a), for response costs incurred at the Millcreek Dump Superfund

Site in Millcreek Township, PA. The Kondu Consent Decree requires Kondu

to pay $230,000 in reimbursement of response costs relating to the

Millcreek Dump Superfund Site cleanup. The Lincoln Consent Decree

requires Lincoln to pay $90,000 in reimbursement of response costs

relating to the Millcreek Dump Superfund Site cleanup, over a three-

year period. Kondu and Lincoln have each agreed to pay a $10,000 civil

penalty, pursuant to Section 106 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606, for failure

to comply with a Unilateral Administrative Order issued by the

Environmental Protection Agency on March 31, 1992, requiring cleanup at

the Site. The Department of Justice will accept written comments on the

proposed Consent Decrees for thirty (30) days from the date of

publication of this notice. Please address comments to the Assistant

Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division,

Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington,

D.C. 20044 and refer to United States v. Ralph Riehl Jr. et al., DOJ

No. 90-11-3-519.

Copies of the proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office

of the United States Attorney, Western District of Pennsylvania, 100

State Street, Suite 302, Erie, PA 16507; EPA Region III, 1650 Arch

Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103; 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 Kondu or Lincoln 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. When requesting a copy of the

proposed Consent Decrees, please enclose a check to cover the twenty-

five cents per page reproduction costs payable to the ``Consent Decree

Library'' in the amount of $5.50 for the Kondu Decree only ($51.25 for

the Decree and all attachments) and $6.25 for the Lincoln Decree only

($20.75 for the Decree and all attachments), and please reference

United States v. Ralph Riehl, Jr. et al. DOJ No. 90-11-3-519.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division, Department of Justice.

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