On April 7, 2010, the United States filed a motion to enter a Consent Decree that will settle the EPA=s past costs claim against Reading Company and Reading Real Estate Company under Section 107(a) of CERCLA. A notice soliciting comments from the public on the proposed Consent Decree was published in the Federal Register on February 22, 2010. No comments were received. The case concerns the Modena Yard Superfund Site in Modena Borough and East Fallowfield Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Reading Real Estate Company owned the Site when lead, PCBs, and other hazardous substances were disposed of there. Reading Company arranged for the disposal of hazardous substances at the Site. Under the Consent Decree, the settling defendants will pay the United States to resolve EPAÂs past costs claim. Reading Real Estate Company (f/k/a Eastern Real Estate Company) owned the Site from 1910 until 1969. Luria Brothers and Company, Inc. leased the Site from Reading Real Estate and operated a scrap metal facility there from around 1921 until 1984. As part of its operations at the Site, Luria Brothers dismantled thousands of railcars, steam locomotives, and railcar engines, which were sent to the Site by Reading Company and others. As a result of Luria Brothers= operations, PCBs, lead, and other hazardous substances were disposed of at the Site. Current Site owner Connell Limited Partnership has performed a removal action at the Site under an amended administrative consent ord