[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 124 (Wednesday, June 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 33139]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-16271]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United 
States v. Tremont Landfill Company, et al., Civil Action No. C-3-96-221 
has been lodged on June 17, 1996 with the United States District Court 
for the Southern District of Ohio, Western Division. The proposed 
Consent Decree concerns the Sanitary Landfill Superfund Site (the 
``Site'') located at 1855 Cardington Road, Moraine, Ohio. The Site was 
operated by the Sanitary Landfill Company, the predecessor to defendant 
Tremont Landfill Company (``Tremont''), and is owned by two trusts. The 
Site was active from 1971 to 1980. During that time period, the land-
fill accepted municipal, commercial, and industrial waste--both liquids 
and solids--from local industries and municipalities. These wastes 
included sludges, paints, paint by-products, asbestos and municipal 
incinerator wastes. The Site was added to the National Priorities List 
on June 10, 1986.
    The Consent Decree requires sixteen Settling Defendants, who 
together represent approximately 49% of the waste at the Site by 
volume, to perform the estimated $8 million remedy. The remedial action 
includes a low permeability cap; gas collection and treatment; surface 
run-off controls; long-term groundwater monitoring; institutional 
controls; and a supplemental site investigation (``SSI'') for 
groundwater. The settlors also agreed to prepay $60,000 of EPA's future 
oversight costs within 30 days of entry of the decree and to pay 50% of 
the United States' estimated additional oversight costs. In addition, 
the decree includes the settlement of sixty-three ``Premium Settling 
Defendants,'' who contributed less than .5% of the total waste at the 
Site and elected to pay a premium to the Settling Defendants to obtain 
a de minimis settlement.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments concerning the 
proposed Consent Decree for a period of thirty (30) days from the date 
of this publication. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. 
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, 
D.C. 20044, and should refer to United States v. Tremont Landfill 
Company, et al., D.O.J. Number 90-11-2-1113. Commenters 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 any of the following 
offices: (1) the Office of the United States Attorney for the Southern 
District of Ohio, Western Division, 602 Federal Building, 200 West 
Second Street, Dayton, Ohio 45402, (513) 225-2910; (2) the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., 
Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 886-6609; and (3) the Consent Decree 
Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 
624-0892. Copies of the proposed Decree may be obtained by mail from 
the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, 
D.C. 20005. For a copy of the Consent Decree, please enclose a check 
for $42.25 ($.25 per page reproduction charge) for the consent decree 
(including 81 Settling Defendant signature pages), or $151.50 for the 
consent decree plus appendices, payable to ``Consent Decree Library.''
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment & Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-16271 Filed 6-25-96; 8:45 am]
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