[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 4079]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2037]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, and 42 U.S.C.
9622(d)(2), notice is hereby given that on January 13, 1997, a Consent
Decree was lodged in United States v. Chrysler Corporation et al.,
Civil Action Nos. 88-341-LON and 88-534-LON (Consolidated) with the
United States District Court for the District of Delaware.
This Consent Decree settles claims brought under Section 107 of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
of 1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9607, with respect to the Harvey &
Knotts Superfund Site (the ``Site'') located in New Castle County,
Delaware, against Chrysler Corporation, Knotts, Inc., and Edna Knotts.
Pursuant to the terms of the Consent Decree, Chrysler Corporation will
reimburse the Superfund for response costs incurred by the United
States in the amount of $1,550,000, and reimburse the State of Delaware
for response costs in the amount of $44,900; Knotts, Inc. will
reimburse the Superfund for response costs incurred by the United
States in the amount of $100,000, and Edna Knotts will provide certain
easements and restrictive covenants in connection with the Site.
The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the
proposed Consent Decree for a period of thirty days from the date of
publication of this notice. Comments should be addressed to the
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United
States v. Chrysler Corporation, et al., Civil Action Nos. 88-341-LON
and 88-534-LON (Consolidated), Ref. No. 90-11-2-34B. The proposed
Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the United States
Attorney, District of Delaware, Chemical Bank Plaza, 1201 Market
Street, Suite 100, Wilmington, Delaware 19899. Copies of the Consent
Decree may also be examined and obtained by mail at the Consent Decree
Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005 (202-624-
0892) and the offices of the Environmental Protection Agency, Region
III, 841 Chestnut Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107. When
requesting a copy by mail, please enclose a check in the amount of
$11.00 (twenty-five cents per page reproduction costs) payable to the
``Consent Decree Library.''
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-2037 Filed 1-27-97; 8:45 am]
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