[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 11 (Friday, January 16, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 2694]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1092]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, and with 
Section 122 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622, notice is hereby given that a 
consent decree in United States v. American Cyanamid Company, Inc., et 
al.,  Civ. A. No. L-98-27, was lodged on January 7, 1998, with the 
United States District Court for the District of Maryland. The consent 
decree resolves the claims of the United States under Sections 106(a), 
107(a), and 113(g)(2) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (``CERCLA''), for 
reimbursement of response costs incurred at the Bush Valley Landfill 
Superfund Site located in Harford County, Maryland and for declaratory 
judgment as to liability that will be binding in actions to recover 
further response costs related to the Site. The consent decree 
obligates American Cyanamid Company, Inc. (formerly known as Cytec 
Industries, Inc.), Bata Shoe Company, Inc., Browning-Ferris, Inc. 
(formerly known as Eastern Disposal, Inc.), Case-Mason Filling, Inc., 
Cello Corporation, the city of Aberdeen, Maryland, the City of Havre de 
Grace, Maryland, Constar Plastics, Inc., Covance Preclinical 
Corporation (formerly known as Corning Life Sciences), Harford County, 
Maryland, Harford Sanitation Services, Inc., Alco Industries, Inc., 
Maryland State Highway Administration, and McCorquodale Process, Inc. 
to perform the remedial design and 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. American Cyanamid Company, Inc., et al., DOJ Ref. #90-
11-2-1162.
    The consent decree may be examined at the office of the United 
States Attorney, 6625 U.S. Courthouse, 101 W. Lombard Street, 
Baltimore, Maryland 21201; the Region III Office of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, 841 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA; and at the 
Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 
20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the consent decree may be obtained in 
person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library 1120 G Street, NW, 
4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy please refer to 
the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $33.75 (25 
cents per page reproduction cost), payable to the Consent Decree 
library. Attachments to the consent decree can be obtained for an 
additional $32.25.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-1092 Filed 1-15-98; 8:45 am]
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