[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 202 (Thursday, October 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 54216]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-26609]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decrees Pursuant to the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
of 1980, as Amended
Consistent with Departmental policy, 28 CFR Sec. 50.7, 38 Fed. Reg.
19029, and 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9622(d), notice is hereby given that on
September 27, 1996, two proposed partial consent decrees in United
States versus Federal Pacific Electric Company, Inc. et. al., Civil
Action No. 92-11924T, were lodged with the United States District Court
for the District of Massachusetts. These two proposed consent decrees
resolve the United States' claims under the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C.
Sec. 9601 et seq., on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (``EPA'') against defendants Cooper Industries, Inc.,
(``Cooper''), Federal Pacific Electric Company (``FPE''), and Cornell-
Dubilier Electronics, Inc. (``CDE'') relating to the Norwood PCB
Superfund Site in Norwood, Massachusetts.
Under the terms of the Consent Decree with Cooper, Cooper shall pay
$7 million, including $6,940,000 in satisfaction of its liability for
past and future response costs pursuant to Section 107 of CERCLA, 42
U.S.C. Sec. 9607, and $60,000 for civil penalties and punitive damages
for failure to comply with an Administrative Order issued pursuant to
Section 106 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 (the ``Administrative Order'').
The Consent decree with CDE and FPE requires those parties to complete
specified work at the Norwood PCB Superfund Site and to place $7.13
million in a trust fund to fund those remedial activities. The Consent
Decree also requires CDE and FPE to pay $120,000 for civil penalties
and punitive damages for failure to comply with the Administrative
Order.
The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the
proposed consent decrees. In addition, since the United States is
further providing defendants with covenants not to sue under Section
7003 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C.
Sec. 6973, the United States will provide an opportunity for a public
meeting in the affected area, if requested within the thirty (30)day
public comment period. See 42 U.S.C. Sec. 6973(d). Any comments and/or
requests for a public meeting should be addressed to the Assistant
Attorney General of the Environmental and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to
United States versus Federal Pacific Electric Company, Inc., et. al.,
Civil Action No. 92-11924T, D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-372A.
Both proposed consent decrees may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, District of Massachusetts, J.W. McCormack Post
Office and Courthouse, Boston, Massachusetts, 02109, and at Region I,
Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, One Congress Street,
Boston, Massachusetts, 02203 and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G
Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy
of either proposed consent decree may be obtained in person or by mail
from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor,
Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy, please indicate which
consent decree is desired and enclose a check (there is a 25 cent per
page reproduction cost) in the amount of $12.00 for the Cooper Decree
and/or a check in the amount of $113.00 for the CDE-FPE Decree payable
to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-26609 Filed 10-16-96; 8:45 am]
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