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Federal Register: April 14, 2005

[Federal Register: April 14, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 71)]
[Notices]
[Page 19783]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act


Pursuant to 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on April 1, 2005, a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Diamond State Salvage Company, Inc., Estate of Herbert Sherr, Nancy A. Sherr, Executrix of the Estate of Herbert Sherr, Barbara Sherr Kleger, and Delmarva Power & Light Company, Civil Action No. 05-76, was lodged with the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.

In this civil action under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), the United States seeks recovery of response costs from Diamond State Salvage Company, Inc., the Estate of Herbert Sherr, Barbara Sherr Kleger, and Delmarva Power & Light Company in connection with the Diamond State Salvage Superfund Site in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware (``the Diamond State Salvage Site''). The Consent Decree requires the Estate of Herbert Sherr, Barbara Sherr Kleger, and Delmarva Power & Light Company to pay a total of $324,000 in reimbursement of response costs relating to the Diamond State Salvage Site. Diamond State Salvage Company, the current owner of the Diamond State Salvage Site, is not a party to the Consent Decree.

The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the Consent Decree for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of this publication. Please address comments to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and refer to United States v. Diamond State Salvage Company, Inc., Estate of Herbert Sherr, Nancy A. Sherr, Executrix of the Estate of Herbert Sherr, Barbara Sherr Kleger, and Delmarva Power & Light Company, D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-1275.

The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, 1201 Market Street, Suite 1100, Wilmington, DE 19899-2046 and at U.S. EPA Region III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103. During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may also be examined on the following Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html.Click here to read the "Exit EPA Website" DisclaimerA copy of the Consent Decree may also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611 or by faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation number (202) 514-1547. When requesting a copy from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $7.75 for the Consent Decree only or $15.50 for the Consent Decree and attachments thereto (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 05-7467 Filed 4-13-05; 8:45 am]

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