[Federal Register: January 16, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 11)]
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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 
et seq., in United States v. Curtiss-Wright Corp., et al.

    In accordance with Section 122(i) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), as 
amended, 42 U.S.C. 122(i), and Department policy, 28 CFR 50.7 38 FR 
19029, notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United 
States v. Curtiss-Wright Corp., et al., Civil Action No. 98-CV-0014, 
was lodged in the United States District Court for the Northern 
District of New York on January 5, 1998. The proposed consent decree, 
if entered, will resolve the liability of eleven defendants, owners 
and/or operators, under Section 106 and 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 
9606 and 9607(a), in connection with alleged releases of hazardous 
substances at the Malta Rocket Fuel Area (``Site''), a 165-acre parcel 
located on Plains Road in the Towns of Malta and Stillwater, Saratoga 
County, New York, New York. Under the settlement reflected in the 
proposed consent decree, defendants will perform certain remedial 
design/remedial action work at the Site implementing the Record of 
Decision issued July 18, 1996 and pay response costs of up to 
$956,581.77 to the United States.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30 
days from the date of publication of this notice, written comments 
relating to the proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed 
to Lois J. Schiffer, Assistant Attorney General of the Environment and 
Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, 
Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to United States v. Curtiss-
Wright Corp., et al., Department of Justice No. 90-11-3-1575.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, U.S. 
Courthouse, Room 231, 445 Broadway, Albany, New York 12207; at Region I 
office of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, 290 
Broadway, New York, New York 10007; 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, at the above address. In 
requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $31.25 (25 
cents per page reproduction costs) payable to Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-1094 Filed 1-15-98; 8:45 am]
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