Pollution control; consent judgments: General Battery Corp. et al.,

[Federal Register: October 26, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 206)]

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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. General Battery Corporation, et al., Civil Action No. 85-1372 (E.D. Pa.) was lodged with the court on September 14, 1999.

The proposed decree resolves claims of the United States against two parties to the action, M. Glosser & Sons, Inc. and Barbara Brown DiMenichi, 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 Brown's Battery Breaking Superfund site in Tilden Township, Pennsylvania. The decree also resolves claims brought against the same parties by General Battery Corporation. The decree requires M. Glosser & Sons to pay, in reimbursement of response costs, $130,000 to the United States and $360,000 to General Battery Corporation. The decree requires Barbara Brown DiMenichi to reimburse $30,000 in response costs to the United States and to assign certain insurance policies to General Battery Corporation.

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. General Battery Corporation, et al., Civil Action No. 85- 1372, DOJ Ref. # 90-11-3-76.

The proposed consent decree may be examined and copied at the Office of the United States Attorney, 615 Chestnut Street, Suite 1250, Philadelphia, PA 19106; or at the Region III Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, c/o Michael Hendershott, 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, P.O. Box No. 7611,

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Washington, DC 20044. In requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $10.50 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library. Joel M. Gross, Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division.

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