[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 190 (Friday, October 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 53415]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25509]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Relating to the Halby
Chemical Superfund Site in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware,
Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act
Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 9622(d), notice hereby is given that a
proposed consent decree in United States v. Witco Corporation and the
Pyrites Company, Civil Action No. 99-628 was lodged with the United
States District Court for the District of Delaware, on September 17,
1999.
This action was commenced pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42
U.S.C. 9601, et seq. in connection with the Halby Chemical Superfund
Site located in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. (See the
National Priorities List in 40 CFR part 300, appendix B).
Pursuant to this consent decree, the Witco Corporation and the
Pyrites Company have agreed to perform the Operable Unit 2 remedial
design and remedial action at the Halby Superfund Site (the ``Site'').
and to reimburse the United States approximately $6.2 million in
response costs, plus interest, incurred by the United States in
connection with the Site.
The consent decree includes a covenant not to sue by the United
States under Sections 106 and 107 of CERLA, and under Section 7003 of
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 6973.
The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the
proposed consent decrees for a period of 30 days from the date of this
publication. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney
General of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department
of Justice, Washington, DC 20530 (attention: Lisa Cherup). All comments
should refer to ``United States v. Witco Corporation and the Pyrites
Company, (Halby Chemical Superfund Site), DJ 90-11-2-719B.''
Additionally, commenters may request an opportunity for a public
meeting in the affected area, in accordance with Section 7003(d) of
RCRA.
The proposed consent decrees may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, 1201 Market
Street, Ste. 1100, P.O. Box 2046, Wilmington, Delaware 19801, and at
the office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III,
1650 Arch Street, Fifth Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029 (attention
Patricia C. Miller, Assistant Regional Counsel, 215-814-2662). A copy
of the proposed consent decrees may be obtained by mail from the
Department of Justice Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611,
Washington, DC 20004. In requesting a copy, please refer to the above-
referenced DJ number, and enclose a check in the amount of $26.00
(twenty-five cents per page reproduction costs) for the Consent Decree
(104 pages total), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment & Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-25509 Filed 9-30-99; 8:45 am]
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