[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 193 (Thursday, October 3, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 51720]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-25333]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the
Comprehensive, Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
(``CERCLA'')
In accordance with Section 122(d) of the Comprehensive
Environmental, Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622, as amended, and Departmental policy 28
CFR Sec. 50.7, notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in
United States v. General Electric Company, Civil Action No. 3:96-CV-
406-P was lodged on September 19, 1996 with the United States District
Court for the Western District of North Carolina. This agreement
resolves a judicial enforcement action brought by the United States
against the settling defendant pursuant to Sections 106 and 107 of
CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. Secs. 9606 and 9607. The United States seeks
reimbursement for response costs and injunctive relief in order to
remedy conditions in connection with the release or threatened release
of hazardous substances into the environment at and from the General
Electric/Shepherd Farm Superfund Site, in Hendersonville, North
Carolina.
The settlement requires the defendant to perform and fund the soil
and groundwater remediation as set forth in the Record of Decision
issued on September 29, 1995 by the Regional Administrator for Region
IV of the United States Environmental Protection Agency. The settlement
also requires GE to pay $1,028,776 to the United States for past
response costs incurred at the Site and to pay all future response
costs related to the remedy, including oversight costs. The Consent
decree includes a covenant not to sue by the United States under
Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA and under Section 7003 of the Resource
conservation and Recovery Act (``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 6973.
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 decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant
Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to
United States v. General Electric Company, DOJ Ref #90-11-3-1561.
Commenters may request an opportunity for a public meeting in the
affected area, in accordance with Section 7003(d) of RCRA.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the
United States Attorney, Rm. 207, U.S. Courthouse, 100 Otis St.,
Asheville, North Carolina 28801; the Environmental Protection Agency,
Region IV, 345 Courtland Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia, 30365; and at
the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington,
D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the 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 refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount
of $25.00 (100 pages at 25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable
to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-25333 Filed 10-2-96; 8:45 am]
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