Pollution control; consent judgments: Reynolds Metals Co. and Westvaco Corp.,

[Federal Register: March 17, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 51)]

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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 an amendment to the previously entered consent decree in United States v. Reynolds Metals Co. and Westvaco Corp., Civil Action No. 3:97-CV-226 (E.D. Va.) was lodged with the court on February 27, 1998.

The proposed amendment to the previous decree resolves the claims of the United States against J.W. Fergusson and Sons, Inc. 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 past response costs and certain response actions at the HH Burn Pit Superfund Site in Hanover County, Virginia. The decree obligates the Settling Defendant to reimburse $175,000 of the United States' past response costs and to join with two parties who settled previously to perform the remedial action the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has selected for the site.

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, D.C. 20530, and should refer to United States v. Reynolds Metals Co. and Westvaco Corp., DOJ Ref. #90- 11-3-1408.

The proposed amendment to consent decree may be examined at the United States Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C.20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed consent decree may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $3.50 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library. Joel M. Gross, Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 98-6842Filed3-16-98; 8:45 am]

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