GE Pittsfield MA consent order

["Alex J. Sagady & Associates" <ajs@sagady.com>]

Someone should pay attention to this in Massachusetts....

....the GE Pittsfield PCB contamination issue....

Public Comments can be submitted until January 25, 2000

Note that EPA seems to have a penchant for settling these
issues these days without requiring complete cleanups!!

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[Federal Register: December 7, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 234)]
[Notices]
[Page 68374]
 >From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr07de99-90]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

     In accordance with departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, 38 FR 19029,
and 42 U.S.C. 9622(d), on October 26, 1999 (64 Fed. Reg. 576), notice
was given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. General
Electric Company, Civil Action No. 99-30225-MAP, was lodged with the
Untied States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The
proposed consent decree resolves certain claims against General
Electric Company (``GE'') under Sections 106 and 107 of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607; Section 7003 of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 6973; and Section
309 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1319, regarding the disposal,
release and/or threat of release of hazardous substances and/or wastes
from the GE facility in Pittsfield, Massachusetts and related areas.
     Pursuant to requests from interested persons, the Department of
Justice is extending the period for comments relating to the proposed
consent decree to and including January 25, 2000. Comment should be
addressed to the Assistant Attorney General of the Environment and
Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC
20530, and should refer to United States v. General Electric Company,
Civil Action No. 99-30225-MAP, D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-1479, and 90-11-3-
1479z.
     The proposed consent decree may be examined at either of the
following locations: (1) the Springfield Office of the United States
Attorney, District of Massachusetts, 1550 Main Street, Suite 310,
Springfield, Massachusetts, 01103; or (2) Region I, Office of the
Environmental Protection Agency, One Congress Street, Boston,
Massachusetts, 02203. A copy of the consent decree can be obtained by
mail (without attachments) from the Department of Justice Consent
Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044. In requesting a
copy of the consent decree (without attachments), please enclose a
check in the amount of $102.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost)
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-31621 Filed 12-6-99; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4410-15-M

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