[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 39 (Thursday, February 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8990-8991]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4878]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------


DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 C.F.R. 50.7 and 42 
U.S.C. 9622(d)(2), notice is hereby given that a proposed consent 
decree in United States v. International Fastener Research Corporation, 
et al., Civil Action No. 97-0164, was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on January 27, 
1997. A complaint was filed simultaneously with the lodging of the 
consent decree.
    The proposed consent decree pertains to the Bollinger Steel 
Superfund Site (``Site''), located in the Borough of Ambridge, Beaver 
County, Pennsylvania. It resolves the claims of the plaintiff, the 
United States of America, filed against defendants, International 
Fastener Research Corporation; WKM Liquidating Partnership; the David 
Weisz Marital Trust Established Under the Will of Emanuel David Weisz, 
Deceased; the David Weisz Residuary Trust Established Under the Will of 
Emanuel David Weisz, Deceased; the Richard Miller Marital Deduction 
Trust of 1989; the Richard Miller Testamentary Trust; the Kleeman 
Family Trust; E. Stanley Kleeman; Sylvia Kleeman; Leslie Ima; Leonard 
Miller; Jay H. Grodin; Sylvia Weisz; the Estate of David Weisz, aka 
Emanuel David Weisz, Deceased; Stanley Kleeman Inc.; The David and 
Sylvia Weisz Family Foundation; WKM Investments; Matson Manufacturing 
Company; WKM Realty; and the L.A. Mart pursuant to Sections 106 and 107 
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability 
Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.
    The consent decree requires the defendants to make a total payment 
of $475,000 in response costs in two installments and to relinquish any 
claims they may have against the United States. The consent decree also 
includes covenants not to sue by the United States under Sections 106 
and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., and Section 7003 of the 
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (``RCA''), 42 U.S.C. 6973, and 
provides

[[Page 8991]]

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