Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
[Federal Register: October 18, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 202)]
[Notices]
[Page 64415]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
In accordance with the Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is
hereby given that two Consent Decrees in United States v. CryoChem,
Inc., C.S. Garber & Sons, Inc., Elizabeth H. Garber, Executrix of the
Estate of Claude W. Garber, Russell E. Garber, Jr. and Randall J.
Garber, Co-Executors of the Estate of Russell E. Garber, Sr., and Joan
E. Miller, Executrix for the Estate of Kathryn Reigner (``Settling
Defendants''), Civil Action No. 02-CV-746, were lodged with the United
States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on
September 26, 2002. These Consent Decrees resolve claims of the United
States' against the Settling Defendants under Sections 106 and 107(a)
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607(a). The Consent Decrees
require the Settling Defendants to make payments in reimbursement of
response costs for the CryoChem Superfund Site located in Berks County,
Pennsylvania. One of the Consent Decrees is between the United States
and C.S. Garber & Sons, Inc. and the Estates and requires C.S. Garber
and Sons, Inc. to pay a total of $240,000, plus interest, over a period
of four years. This Consent Decree also requires each of the Estates to
pay $167,000 in reimbursement of response costs, for a total of
$501,000. The second Consent Decree requires CryoChem, Inc. to pay
$200,000 in reimbursement of response costs. The total amount to be
paid by all parties under both Consent Decrees is $941,000.
The Department of Justice will accept written comments on the
proposed Consent Decrees for thirty (30) days from the date of
publication of this notice. Please address comments to the Assistant
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington,
DC 20044-7611, and refer to United States v. CryoChem, Inc., C.S.
Garber & Sons, Inc., Elizabeth H. Garber, Executrix of the Estate of
Claude W. Garber, Russell E. Garber, Jr. and Randall J. Garber, Co-
Executors of the Estate of Russell E. Garber, Sr., and Joan E. Miller,
Executrix for the Estate of Kathryn Reigner, DOJ #90-11-3-
06815.
Copies of the proposed Consent Decrees may be examined at the
Office of the United States Attorney, Eastern District of Pennsylvania,
615 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106 and at EPA Region III, 1650
Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103. Copies of the proposed Consent
Decrees may be obtained by mail from the U.S. Department of Justice,
Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC. 20044-7611. When
requesting a copy of the proposed Consent Decrees, please enclose a
check to cover the twenty-five cents per page reproduction costs
payable to the ``U.S. Treasury'' in the amount of $7.00 for the Consent
Decree between the United States and CryoChem, Inc. and in the amount
of $8.25 for the Consent Decree between the United States and C.S.
Garber & Sons, Inc., Elizabeth H. Garber, Executrix of the Estate of
Claude W. Garber, Russell E. Garber, Jr. and Randall J. Garber, Co-
Executors of the Estate of Russell E. Garber, Sr., and Joan E. Miller,
Executrix for the Estate of Kathryn Reigner. Please specify which
Consent Decree you are seeking and reference United States v. CryoChem,
Inc., C.S. Garber & Sons, Inc., Elizabeth H. Garber, Executrix of the
Estate of Claude W. Garber, Russell E. Garber, Jr., and Randall J.
Garber, Co-Executors of the Estate of Russell E. Garber, Sr., and Joan
E. Miller, Executrix for the Estate of Kathryn Reigner, DOJ
#901-11-3-06815.
Robert Brook,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 02-26508 Filed 10-17-02; 8:45 am]
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