[Federal Register: December 30, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 250)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Consent Judgments Pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

    In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, 38 Fed. Reg.
19029, and 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9622(d), notice is hereby given that a
proposed Consent Decree in

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United States v. General Motors Corporation and Niagara Mohawk Power
Corporation, Civ. NO. 98 CV 1927 (NAM), DOJ #90-11-2-2/2, was lodged in
the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York
on December 15, 1998. The Consent Decree resolves the liability of
defendants under Sections 106(a) and 107(a) of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42
U.S.C. Secs. 9606(a) and 9607(a), relating to the Pollution Abatement
Services Superfund Site in Oswego, New York (the ``Site'').
    Under the proposed decree Defendants agree to perform EPA's fourth
and final operable unit for the Site as set forth in EPA's Record of
Decision issued on September 30, 1997 (``OU4''), which requires the
monitoring of polychlorinated bi-phenyls in sediments and biota at
creeks and wetlands at the Site. Defendants also agree to pay the first
$150,000 in Oversight Costs and any future Response Costs incurred in
connection with OU4. In exchange for the work and payment of response
costs, Defendants will receive a covenant not to sue for response
actions at the Site subject to certain reservations of rights.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication, written 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. General Motors Corp. et al., Civ. No. DOJ
#90-11-2-2/2.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, Northern District of New York, James Foley U.S.
Courthouse, 445 Broadway, Room 231, Albany, New York 12207; at the
Region II Office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 290
Broadway, New York, New York 10278; and at the Consent Decree Library,
1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892.
Copies of the 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 enclose a check in the amount
of $32.50 (25 cents per page reproduction costs) payable to the Consent
Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources
Division.
[FR Doc. 98-34639 Filed 12-29-98; 8:45 am]
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