[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 120 (Wednesday, June 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 38573]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-15593]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, 38 Fed. Reg. 
19029, and 42 U.S.C. 9622(d), notice is hereby given that a proposed 
Consent Decree in United States v. Bemis Company, Inc. and Pervel 
Industries, Inc., DOJ# 90-11-2-307B, Civ. No. 3:96-CV-02420 (AVC), was 
lodged in the United States District Court for the District of 
Connecticut on June 2, 2000. The Consent Decree resolves claims of the 
United States against Pervel Industries, Inc. and Bemis Company 
concerning enforcement of a February 1990 consent decree (United States 
v. Yaworski, Inc. et al., Civ. Act. No. N-89-615 (JAC) (D. Conn.)) 
relating to the Yaworski Lagoon Superfund Site located in Canterbury 
Township, Windham County, Connecticut (``Site''). Additionally, the 
Consent Decree resolves related claims for cost recovery under Section 
107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and 
Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), under the Federal Debt 
Collection Procedures Act, 28 U.S.C. 3001, et seq., and under the 
Federal Priority Statute, 31 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.
    Under the proposed Consent Decree, Bemis and Pervel agree to 
reimburse the United States' response costs in the amount of $3 
million, plus interest, which sum will be placed by EPA in a special 
site account for use at the Site. Additionally, Bemis and Pervel agree 
to pay jointly the sum of $40,000 to the Department of Interior 
(``DOI'') to resolve its potential claims for natural resource damages 
at the Site. In return, the United States covenants not to sue Settling 
Defendants for response costs incurred at the Site, for obligations 
under the 1990 consent decree, for natural resource damages under the 
trusteeship of DOI and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, and for other claims set forth in the complaint in this 
action.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, written 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. Bemis Company, Inc. and Pervel Industries, 
Inc., DOJ# 90-11-2-307B. The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at 
the Office of the United States Attorney, District of Connecticut, Room 
328, 450 Main Street, Hartford, Conn. 06103; and at the Region II 
Office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, New 
York, New York 10278. Copies of the Consent Decree may be obtained by 
mail from the Justice Department Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611 
Ben Franklin Station, Washington, DC 20044, (202) 514-1547. In 
requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $6.75 (25 
cents per page reproduction costs) payable to the Consent Decree 
Library.

Joel M. Gross,
Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources 
Division.
[FR Doc. 00-15593 Filed 6-20-00; 8:45 am]
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