94-25817. Lodging a Final Judgment by Consent Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

 

Lodging a Final Judgment by Consent Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that on Sept. 29, 1994, a proposed De 
Minimis consent decree in United States v. Aluminum Company of America, 
et al. was lodged with the United States District Court for the Eastern 
District of Pennsylvania, Civil Action No. 89-7421. The decree pertains 
to the Moyer Landfill Site in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. The proposed 
consent decree resolves the liability under Section 107 of CERCLA, 42 
Sec. 9607, for response costs incurred and to be incurred by the United 
States and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, of twenty-two original and 
third-party defendants.
    The proposed consent decree requires the Settlors to pay the United 
States $3,478,626.00, which equals 100% of their share of past and 
estimated future response costs at the Site, plus a 213% premium on 
these past and future costs. The proposed settlors are as follows: Air 
Products & Chemicals, Inc., Ajax/Acorn Manufacturing, Inc., Aluminum 
Co. of America, American Packaging Corp., formerly American Bag & Paper 
Corporation, Beazer East, Inc., formerly Koppers Company, Inc., 
Bethlehem Steel Corporation, the Borough of Prospect Park, Bridgestone/
Firestone, Inc.; Chamberlain Manufacturing Corporation, Johnson Matthey 
Inc., formerly Matthey Bishop, Inc., Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical 
Corp., Lancaster Metals Science Corporation, Lukens Steel Company 
(formerly Lukens, Inc.), M.A. Industries, Inc., Merck & Co., Inc., 
National Starch and Chemical NL Industries, Inc., Occidental Chemical 
Corp., Paramount Packaging Corporation, Public Service Electric and Gas 
Company, Stroehmann Bakeries, Inc., Techalloy Co., Inc., and Uniform 
Tubes, Inc.
    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, D.C., 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. Aluminum Company of America, et al. (E.D. Pa.) and DOJ 
Ref. No. 90-11-3-145. The proposed consent decree may be examined at 
the office of the United States Attorney, Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania, 615 Chestnut Street, Suite 1250, Philadelphia, PA 19106-
4476 or at the office of the Environmental Protection Agency, Region 
III, 841 Chestnut Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107. A copy 
of the proposed consent decree may also be examined at the Consent 
Decree Library, 601 Pennsylvania Avenue Building, N.W., Box 1097, 
Washington, D.C. 20004 [phone]. A copy of the proposed consent 
decree may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree 
Library. In requesting a copy please enclose a check in the amount of 
$17.25 (25 cents per page reproduction costs) payable to ``Consent 
Decree Library''.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources 
Division.
[FR Doc. 94-25817 Filed 10-18-94; 8:45 am]
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