[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 225 (Friday, November 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 62348]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30586]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
Notice is hereby given that on October 31, 1997, a proposed Consent
Decree in United States v. Caribe General Electric Products, Inc., and
General Electric Company, No. 96-1366 (D.P.R.), was lodged with the
United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.
In this action the United States sought, pursuant to Sections
107(a) and 113(b) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. Secs. 9607(a)
and 9613(b), recovery of past costs and a declaratory judgment for
future costs concerning the General Electric Wiring Devices Superfund
Site, located in Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico. In the proposed consent
decree, the settling parties, Caribe General Electric Products, Inc.,
and General Electric Company, agree to pay to the United States
$612,500.00 for past response costs and future oversight costs, to
provide the Environmental Protection Agency with access to their
property pursuant to a 1984 Administrative Order on Consent, and to
covenant not to sue the United States.
The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the consent
decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General
of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of
Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to United States v.
Caribe General Electric Products, Inc., and General Electric Company,
No. 96-1366 (D.P.R.), D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-1157.
The consent decree may be examined at the Office of the United
States Attorney, District of Puerto Rico, Federal Building, Room 452,
Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico 00918, at U.S. EPA Region II, 290
Broadway, New York, NY 10007-1866, and at the Consent Decree Library,
1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892.
A copy of the 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 enclose a check in the amount
of $13.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent
Decree Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-30586 Filed 11-20-97; 8:45 am]
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