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Federal Register: September 29, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 188)NoticesPage 52526-52527From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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

Notice is hereby given that a consent decree in United States v. CBS Corporation, et al., Civil Action No. 1:CV 99-1608 (M.D. Pa.) was lodged with the court on September 3, 1999.

The proposed decree resolves claims of the United States against 4 defendants under sections 106 and 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607, for response costs and actions at the Hunterstown Road Superfund Site in Adams County, PA. The decree requires the defendants to perform the EPA-selected remedial action to address hazardous substance contamination at the site. That remedial action includes, inter alia, excavation and offsite disposal of contaminated soils, capping specified areas of the site and pumping and treating groundwater. The decree also requires the defendants to reimburse $375,898 in past costs to the United States. It allows the defendants to make claims for reimbursement from the Superfund for 29% of the costs they incur in carrying out the remedial action.

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. CBS Corporation, et al., Civil Action No. 1:CV 99-1608 (M.D. Pa.), DOJ Ref. #90-11-3-1156. Commenters may request an opportunity for a public meeting in the affected area, in accordance with section 7003(d) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6973(d).

The proposed consent decree may be examined and copied at the Office of the United States Attorney, Room 1162, Federal Building, 228 Walnut Street, Harrisburg, PA 17108; or at the Region III Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, c/o Daniel Isales, Assistant Regional Counsel, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103. A copy of the proposed consent decree may be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, PO Box No. 7611, Washington, DC 20044. In requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $26.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library. A copy of the exhibits to the

[Page 52527]decree may be obtained from the same source for an additional charge. Bruce S. Gelber, Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division.

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