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the defendants with contribution

protection.

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.

International Fastener Research

Corporation, et al., Civil Action No. 97–

0164, DOJ Ref. #90–11–2–738D.

Commentors may request an

opportunity for a public meeting in the

affected area, in accordance with

Section 7003(d) of RCRA.

The proposed consent decree may be

examined at the Office of the United

States Attorney, Western District of

Pennsylvania, 633 United States Post

Office & Court House, 7th Avenue &

Grant Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

15219; the Region III Office of the

Environmental Protection Agency, 841

Chestnut Building, Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania 19107; and at the Consent

Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th

Floor, Washington, DC 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, NW., 4th

Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In

requesting a copy of the body of the

proposed consent decree, please refer to

the referenced case and enclose a check

in the amount of $11.75 (25 cents per

page reproduction costs), for each copy.

The check should be made payable to

the Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement

Section, Environment and Natural Resources

Division.

[FR Doc. 97–4878 Filed 2–26–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–15–M

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation and Liability Act

In accordance with Departmental

policy, 28 CFR § 50.7, and 42 U.S.C.

9622, notice is hereby given that on

February 18, 1997, a proposed Consent

Decree in United States v. Landfill &

Resource Recovery, Inc., Civil No. 97–

078ML, was lodged with the United

States District Court for the District of

Rhode Island. The proposed Consent

Decree concerns the response to the

release and threatened release of

hazardous substances at the Landfill &

Resource Recovery, Inc. Site located in

North Smithfield, Rhode Island,

pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation

and Liability Act, as amended. The

settlers are owners or operators of the

Site as well as generators and

transporters of hazardous substances

disposed of at the Site.

Under the terms of the Consent

Decree, Avnet, Inc., Boston Edison

Company, CCL Custom Manufacturing,

Inc., General Dynamics Corporation,

Olin Corporation, Polaroid Corporation,

Stanley Bostich, Inc., The Dexter

Corporation, United Dominion

Industries, Inc., Waste Management,

Inc., Landfill & Resource Recovery, Inc.,

Truk-Away of RI, Inc., Charles Wilson

and David Wilson will complete the

remedial action for the Site. In addition,

these settlers agree to pay the United

States $675,000 and the State of Rhode

Island $200,000 for past costs incurred

at the Site, to pay oversight costs to be

incurred by the United States, to pay

$200,000 to the Department of Interior

(‘‘DOI’’) for damages to natural

resources under the joint trusteeship of

DOI and the State, to pay $400,000 in

satisfaction of the United States’ claims

under 42 U.S.C. 9606(b)(1), for

violations of a unilateral administrative

order, and to implement a supplemental

environmental project in the amount of

$525,000 to purchase wetlands or

related property or conservation

easements within the Blackstone River

Valley National Heritage Corridor. The

two other settlers, J. Scott Cannon and

J. Robert Cannon, have paid $60,000 to

the United States to satisfy the

governments’ claims for past and future

response costs. The Cannons’ payment

is based on the financial condition of

the parties.

The Department of Justice will receive

for a period of thirty days from the date

of this publication comments relating to

the proposed Consent Decree.

Comments should be addressed to the

Assistant Attorney General of the

Environment and Natural Resources

Division, Department of Justice, Ben

Franklin Station, Washington, DC

20044, and should refer to United States

v. Landfill & Resource Recovery, Inc.,

D.J. Ref. 90–11–2–449B.

The proposed Consent Decree may be

examined at the Region 1 Office of the

Environmental Protection Agency, One

Congress Street, Boston, Massachusetts

and at the Environmental Enforcement

Section Document Center, 1120 G

Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC

200052 (20) 624–0892. A copy of the

proposed Consent Decree may be

obtained in person or by mail from the

Document Center. In requesting a copy,

please refer to the referenced case and

enclose a check in the amount of $35.75

(25 cents per page reproduction cost,

excluding all appendices) or $48.75 (25

cents per page reproduction cost,

excluding appendices A, J and K) made

payable to Consent Decree Library.

Bruce S. Gelber,

Deputy Section Chief, Environmental

Enforcement Section.

[FR Doc. 97–4834 Filed 2–26–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–15–M

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response

Compensation and Liability Act

(‘‘CERCLA’’)

In accordance with Departmental

policy, 28 C.F.R. 50.7, 38 FR 19029, and

42 U.S.C. 9622(d) notice is hereby given

that a proposed consent decree in

United States v. Niagara Mohawk Power

Corp., Civil Action No. 97–CV–136, was

lodged on January 31, 1997 with the

United States District Court for the

Northern District of New York. The

Consent Decree addresses the hazardous

waste contamination at the Niagara

Mohawk Power Corporation Superfund

Site (the ‘‘Site’’) in the City of Saratoga

Springs, Saratoga County, New York.

The Consent Decree requires Niagara

Mohawk Power Corporation (‘’NMPC’’)

to implement the remedial action

selected by the Environmental

Protection Agency in the Record of

Decision dated September, 1995.

Additionally, NMPC is required to

reimburse the United States

$874,080.04, in U.S. EPA past costs at

the Site and pay EPA’s oversight costs

at 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. Niagara

Mohawk Power Corp., DOJ Ref. #90–11–

3–1570.

The proposed consent decree may be

examined at the office of the United

States Attorney, 231 James T. Foley

Courthouse, 445 Broadway, Albany,

New York 12207; Region II; Office of the

Environmental Protection Agency, 290

Broadway, New York, New York 10007;

and at the 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,