Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 104 / Monday, June 1, 1998 / Notices 29751

Torrey Pines Lodge, 12201 Torrey Pines

Park Rd., San Diego, 98000699

Georgia

McDuffie County, Wrightsboro Historic

District, Wrightsboro Rd., E. of Ridge

Rd., Wrightsboro, 98000701

Louisiana

Plaquemines Parish, Woodland

Plantation, 21997 LA 23, West Pointe

a la Hache, 98000702

New Jersey

Gloucester County, Richardson Avenue

School, Richardson Ave., Swedesboro

Borough, 98000703 Monmouth County Sandy Hook

Archeological Site, Gateway National

Recreation Area, Address Restricted,

Highlands vicinity, 98000704

New York

Saratoga County, Clifton Park Hotel, Old

NY 146 and US 9, Clifton Park and

Halfmoon, 98000705

North Carolina

Mecklenburg County, Blakeney, James

A., House (Mecklenburg County

MPS), Address Restricted, Providence

vicinity, 98000706 Watauga County, Cove Creek High

School, 207 Dale Adams Rd., Sugar

Grove, 98000707

Wisconsin

Dane County, Cambridge Public School

and High School, 103 South St.,

Cambridge, 98000708

[FR Doc. 98–14440 Filed 5–29–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–P

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 proposed

consent decree in United States v.

Armstrong Rubber, Co., Civil No. 88–

419, and United States v. Atlantic

Richfield Co., Civil No. 3–91–CV–248,

consolidated by the court under the

heading B.F. Goodrich v. Murtha et al.,

Civil No. N–87–52, was lodged on May

13, 1998, with the United States District

Court for the District of Connecticut.

The decree resolves claims against

Armstrong Rubber Co., The Eastern Co.,

Gerald Metals, Inc. and Kerite Co. in the

above-referenced action under the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act (‘‘CERCLA’’), for contamination at

the Laurel Park Landfill Superfund Site

in the Borough of Naugatuck,

Connecticut (the ‘‘Laurel Park Site’’) and

at the Beacon Heights Superfund Site in

Beacon Falls, Connecticut (the ‘‘Beacon

Heights Site’’). In the proposed consent

decree, the settling defendants agree to

reimburse the United States for $2.45

million in past response costs incurred

by the United States, and to waive and

dismiss their counterclaims against the

United States. The Consent Decree

includes a covenant not to sue by the

United States under Sections 106, 107

and 113 of CERCLA.

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 B.F. Goodrich v. Murtha

et al. DOJ Ref. Numbers 90–11–2–703

and 90–11–3–132B.

The proposed consent decree may be

examined at the Office of the United

States Attorney, Connecticut Financial

Center, 157 Church St., New Haven, CT

06510, the New England Region Office

of the Environmental Protection

Agency, JFK Federal Building, Boston,

MA 02203–2211; 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, N.W. 4th

Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In

requesting a copy, please refer to the

referenced case and enclose a check in

the amount of $8.25 for the Consent

Decree (25 cents per page reproduction

costs), payable to the Consent Decree

Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section,

Environment and Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 98–14332 Filed 5–29–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–15–M

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 proposed

consent decree embodying a settlement

in United States v. Chevron USA, Inc.,

et al., Civil Action No. F–98–5412 REC

DLB, was lodged on April 21, 1998,

with the United States District Court for

the Eastern District of California.

In the complaint filed concurrently

with the lodging of the consent decree,

the United States sought injunctive

relief for performance of response

actions, and reimbursement for response

costs incurred by the United States

Environmental Protection Agency, in

response to releases of hazardous

substances at the Purity Oil Sales

Superfund Site, located near Fresno,

California pursuant to the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.

The settling defendants have agreed to

contribute towards performance of

future response actions at the Purity

Site; defendant Chevron USA Inc. has

agreed to perform that work. Future

work includes operation and

maintenance of the groundwater

extraction and treatment system for the

groundwater operable unit (estimated to

cost $10 million) and construction,

operation, and maintenance of the

components of the soils operable unit

(estimated to cost between $10 and 12

million). The soils operable unit

includes treatment of soils at a depth of

14 to 40 feet with a soil vapor extraction

system, construction of a cap and

retaining wall at the site, emplacement

of a 25-foot deep soil/bentonite slurry

wall around the site, and enclosure of

an on-site canal in a reinforced concrete

pipe.

The consent decree includes a

covenant not to sue under Sections 106

and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606,

9607, and under Section 7003 of the

Resource Conservation and Recovery

Act (‘‘RCRA’’), 42 U.S.C. 6973.

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, U.S.

Department of Justice, Washington, DC

20530, and should refer to United States

v. Chevron USA, Inc., et al., DOJ Ref.

#90–11–2–355. Commenters may

request a public hearing in the affected

area, pursuant to Section 7003(d) of

RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6973(d).

The proposed consent decree may be

examined at the office of the United

States Attorney, Eastern District of

California, Room 3654 Federal Building,

1130 ‘‘O’’ Street, Fresno, California

93721; the Region IX Office of the

Environmental Protection Agency, 75

Hawthorne Street, San Francisco,

California 94105; 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