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response costs and to implement the

permanent remedy selected by EPA for

remediation of contaminated

groundwater, surface water and

sediments, and soils.

Under the proposed Second Consent

Decree, ten new defendants have agreed

to pay the United States $150,000 in

partial reimbursement of its outstanding

past response costs.

The Department of Justice will

receive, for a period of thirty (30) days

from the date of this publication,

comments concerning the proposed

Second Consent Decree. Comments

should be addressed to the Assistant

Attorney General, Environment and

Natural Resources Division, U.S.

Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611,

Washington, D.C. 20044, and should

refer to United States v. City of

Jacksonville, Florida, et al., D.J. Ref. 90–

11–3–725.

The proposed Second Consent Decree

may be examined at any of the following

offices: (1) the Office of the United

States Attorney for the Middle District

of Florida, 200 W. Forsyth Street, Ste.

700, Jacksonville, Florida 32201; (2) the

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, S.W.,

Atlanta, Georgia; and (3) the Consent

Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th

Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005

(telephone (202) 624–0892).

A copy of the proposed Second

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. 2005. Please

refer to the referenced case. The cost for

a copy of the Decree is $8.00 (based on

a photocopying charge of $0.25 per

page): All checks should be made

payable to ‘‘Consent Decree Library.’’

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section,

Environment and Natural Resources Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Under the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act

Notice is hereby given that on May 1,

1998, a proposed Consent Decree in

United States v. Helen Kramer et al.,

Civil Action 89–4340 (JBS), was lodged

with the United States District Court for

the District of New Jersey.

In this action, brought pursuant to

Section 107(a) of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act, 42

U.S.C. 9601 et seq. (‘‘CERCLA’’), the

United States sought reimbursement of

costs incurred for actions taken at the

Helen Kramer Site in Mantua, New

Jersey in response to the release or

threat of release of hazardous substances

at this former landfill site from the

following parties: American National

Can Company, American Cyanamid

Company, Incorporated, Atochem, Inc.,

Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc., the City of

Philadelphia, Carpenter Steel Company,

Inc., Cole Office Environments Division

of Joyce International, Continental Can

Company, E.I. DuPont De Nemours, &

Company, Inc., G&S Company, Inc.,

General Metalcraft, Incorporated, The

Gilbert Spruance Paint Company, Globe

Disposal Company, Inc., Thomas Gola,

ICI Americas, Incorporated, Marvin

Jonas, Marvin Jonas, Incorporated,

Helen Kramer, Lehigh Press, Inc., Rick

A. Licciardello d/b/a Licciardello

Sanitation Company, Albert J. Mitchell

d/b/a Mitchell Waste Removal,

Monsanto Company, Incorporated,

Morton International, Inc., Nabisco, Inc.,

N.L. Industries, Incorporated, NVF

Company, Incorporated, Olin

Corporation, Portfolio One, Inc.

(including its parent companies Manor

Care, Inc. and Manorcare Health

Services, Inc.), Rohm & Haas Company,

Incorporated, Unisys Corporation, and

W.R. Grace & Co.—Conn. All these

defendents are signatories to the

Consent Decree resolving this case,

together with over two hundred

additional parties who were joined in

this case as third-party defendants

(collectively ‘‘Settling Defendants’’).

The Helen Kramer Landfill is located

approximately fifteen miles south of

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and

Camden, New Jersey. From

approximately 1963 until 1981, the Site

was used for the disposal of millions of

gallons of chemical, industrial, septic,

hospital and municipal wastes. The

State of New Jersey revoked the

landfill’s registration in early 1981, and

on March 3, 1981, a New Jersey state

court ordered the landfill to cease

operations.

EPA conducted a Remedial

Investigation and Feasibility Study (‘‘RI/

FS’’) from July 1983 until September

1985 to investigate the nature and extent

of contamination at the Site. A wide

variety of hazardous chemicals were

detected in the soil, surface waters and

groundwaters at the Site, including

dichloro- and trichloro-ethanes and

ethenes, benzene, toluene, xylenes,

ketones, and phenols, as well as high

levels of inorganic chemicals. On

September 8, 1983, EPA placed the Site

on the National Priorities List, 40 CFR

part 300, Appendix B. On September 27,

1985, EPA selected a remedy for the

contamination at the Site which

included a clay cap, upgradient and

downgradient slurry walls, a

groundwater/leachate collection and

treatment system, a gas venting and

treatment system, surface water

controls, and monitoring. The remedy

has been completed and in full

operation since May 13, 1993.

The Consent Decree provides that the

Settling Defendants will pay $95 million

over a five year period to the United

States, toward total costs incurred by

the United States of approximately $123

million, including enforcement costs

and pre-judgment interest. A subset of

the Settling Defendants (Rohm & Haas

Company, E.I. DuPont De Nemours &

Co., Elf-Atochem North America, Inc.,

Cytec Industries (on behalf of American

Cyanamid Company), Mobil Research

and Development Corporation,

Chemical Leaman Tank Lines,

Continental Can, and Carpenter

Technology) also will perform any

studies needed by EPA to perform its

five-year reviews of the effectiveness of

the remedy selected and constructed for

the Site. The Consent Decree also

provides a full release by the Settling

Defendants to the United States,

including all its departments and

agencies. Settling Defendants also agree

to waive all claims arising out of the

Site against all other settling parties.

Under two parallel Consent Decrees

with the State of New Jersey, Settling

Defendants have taken over the

operation and maintenance of the Site

and have agreed to purchase wetlands

commensurate with those lost at the

Kramer Site, to be conveyed to the town

of West Deptford in satisfaction of the

State’s natural resource damages claims.

The proposed federal Consent Decree is

conditioned upon Settling Defendants’

performance of their obligations under

the State Consent Decrees, and resolves

natural resource damages claims at the

Site on behalf of the Department of the

Interior and the National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration, based

upon the Settling Defendants’ natural

resource damages settlement with the

State.

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 of the

Environment and Natural Resources

Division, Department of Justice,

Washington, D.C. 20530, and should

refer to United States v. Helen Kramer

et al., D.J. Ref. 90–11–2–433A.

The Consent Decree may be examined

at the Office of the United States
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Attorney, District of New Jersey,

Mitchell H. Cohen Courthouse, Room

2070, 4th and Cooper Streets, Camden,

New Jersey, at U.S. EPA Region II,

Office of Regional Counsel, 290

Broadway, 17th Floor, New York, NY,

and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120

G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington,

D.C. 20005, (202) 624–0892. A copy of

the Consent Decree may be obtained in

person or by mail (without signature

pages and exhibits) from the Consent

Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th

Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In

requesting a copy, please enclose a

check in the amount of $86.50 (25 cents

per page reproduction cost) payable to

the Consent Decree Library. In

requesting a copy exclusive of exhibits

and defendants’ signatures, please

enclose a check in the amount of $9.25

(25 cents per page reproduction cost)

payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section,

Environment and Natural Resources Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act, 42

U.S.C. 9601 to 9675

Notice is hereby given that a proposed

consent decree in United States v. Kysor

Industrial Corporation, et al., Civil

Action No. 1:97–CV–526, was lodged on

May 13, 1998, with the United States

District Court for the Western District of

Michigan. The proposed consent decree

resolves the United States’ claims

against defendants Kysor Industrial

Corporation, Transpro Group, Inc. and

Raymond Weigel for past costs incurred

in connection with the Kysor Industrial

Superfund Site and the contiguous

Northernaire Superfund Site located in

Cadillac, Wexford County, Michigan, in

return for a total payment of $1,050,00. 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. Kysor

Industrial Corporation, et al., DOJ Ref.

#90–11–2–837B.

The proposed consent decree may be

examined at the office of the United

States Attorney, 330 Ionia NW, Room

501, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503; the

Region 5 Office of the Environmental

Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson

Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604; 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 $7.50 (25 cents

per page reproduction costs), payable to

the Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section,

Environment and Natural Resources Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

ACTION: Notice of Information Collection

Under Review; New Collection; Firearm

Dealer Survey.

The Department of Justice (DOJ),

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

has submitted the following information

collection request to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review and approval in accordance with

the emergency review procedures of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The

proposed information collection is

published to obtain comments from the

public and affected agencies. Emergency

review and approval of this collection

has been requested from OMB by June

5, 1998. If granted, this emergency

approval is only valid for 180 days.

Comments should be directed to Office

of Management and Budget, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attn: Department of Justice Desk

Officer, Washington, DC 20530. During the first 60 days of this same

period a regular review of this collection

is also being undertaken. Public

comments are encouraged and will be

accepted until July 31, 1998. Written

comments and suggestions from the

public and affected agencies concerning

the proposed collection of information

are encouraged. Your comments should

address one or more of the following

four points: (1) Evaluate whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the

function of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility;

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the

agencies estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of the information,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used;

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and

(4) Minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond, including through the

use of appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology,

e.g. permitting electronic submission of

responses.

Comments and/or suggestions

regarding the item(s) contained in this

notice, especially regarding the

estimated public burden and associated

response time should be directed to

Allen Nash, Management Analyst,

Federal Bureau of Investigation, CJIS

Division, Module C–3, 1000 Custer

Hollow Road, Clarksburg, West Virginia

26306, (304) 625–2738.

Overview of this information

collection:

(1) Type of Information Collection:

New data collection.

(2) Title of the Form/Collection:

Firearm Dealer Survey.

(3) Agency form number, if any, and

the applicable component of the

Department of Justice sponsoring the

collection: Form: None. Criminal Justice

Information Services Division, Federal

Bureau of Investigation, Department of

Justice.

(4) Affected public who will be asked

or required to respond, as well as a brief

abstract: Primary: Business or other forprofit (Federally licensed firearms

dealers, manufacturers, or importers).

Brief Abstract: The Brady Handgun

Violence Prevention Act of 1994,

requires the Attorney General to

establish a national instant criminal

background check system that any

Federal Firearm Licensee may contact,

by telephone or by other electronic

means in addition to the telephone, for

information, to be supplied

immediately, on whether receipt of a

firearm to a prospective purchaser

would violate federal or state law.

Information pertaining licensees who

may contact the NICS is being collected

to plan and manage the NICS, to ensure

appropriate resources are available to

support the NICS, and also to ensure the

privacy and security of NICS

information.

(5) An estimate of the total number of

respondents and the amount of time

estimated for an average respondent to

respond: 1,200 Federal Firearms