02-364. Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

In accordance with the Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7 and section 122(d) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”), notice is hereby given that a Consent Decree in United States v. Cytec Industries, Inc., Ford Motor Company, SPS Technologies, Inc. and TI Automotive Systems Corp., Civil Action No. 01-CV-6109, was lodged with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on December 6, 2001. This Consent Decree resolves certain claims of the United States' against Cytec Industries, Inc., Ford Motor Company, SPS Technologies, Inc., and TI Automotive Systems Corp. (“Settling Defendants”) under sections 106 and 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”), 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607(a). The Consent Decree requires the Settling Defendants to perform remedial work at the Site consisting of all Operable Unit 2 response activities (as defined in the Decree) and to reimburse the Superfund for past response costs in the amount of $7 million and to pay future response costs for the Boarhead Farms Superfund Site located in Bridgeton Township, Pennsylvania.

The Department of Justice will accept written comments on the proposed Consent Decree for thirty (30) days from the date of publication of this notice. Please address comments to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice, PO Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, DC 20044 and refer to United States v. Cytec Industries, Inc., Ford Motor Company, SPS Technologies, Inc., and TI Automotive Systems Corp., DOJ # 90-11-2-06036/2.

Copies of the proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United States Attorney, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 615 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106 and at EPA Region III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103. A copy of the proposed Consent Decree may be obtained by mail from the U.S. Department of Justice, Consent Decree Library, PO Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611. When requesting a copy of the proposed Consent Decree, please enclose a check to cover the twenty-five cents per page reproduction costs payable to the “Consent Decree Library” in the amount of $23.25 (for Decree without appendices) or $29.00 (for Decree with appendices), and please reference United States v. Cytec Industries, Inc., Ford Motor Company, SPS Technologies, Inc., and TI Automotive Systems Corp., DOJ No. 90-11-2-06036/2.

Catherine McCabe,

Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice.