94-31333. Notice of Lodging of Consent Decrees Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

 

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decrees Pursuant to the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

    Consistent with the policy set forth in Section 122(d)(2)(B) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 
1980 as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622(d)(2)(B), and the 
Department of Justice regulations at 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby 
given that on December 7, 1994, a proposed Major Consent Degree and a 
proposed De Minimis Consent Decree were lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, Davenport Division, 
in United States v. ACC Chemical Corporation et al., No. 3-91-CV-70096. 
An earlier Consent Decree in this matter, which provided for 
remediation of the first operable unit (groundwater) at the Chemplex 
Site (the ``Site'') near Clinton, Iowa, was entered on November 7, 
1991. The proposed Major and De Minimis Consent Decrees provide for 
remediation of the second operable unit at the Site, as well as 
reimbursement of certain response costs incurred by the United States 
in connection with the Site. Together the three Consent Decrees resolve 
claims asserted by the United States on behalf of the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to Sections 106 and 107 of 
CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607, against ACC Chemical Company, Four 
Star Oil & Gas Company, Getty Chemical Company, The Travelers, Inc. (as 
successor in interest to Primerica Holdings, Inc.), Quantum Chemical 
Corporation and the City of Clinton, Iowa.
    The Department of Justice will receive written comments relating to 
the proposed Major and De Minimis Consent Decrees for thirty (30) days 
from the date of publication of this notice. Comments should be 
directed to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, 
and should refer to United States v. ACC Chemical Co. et al., DOJ 
Reference #90-11-2-543A.
    The proposed partial consent decree and appendices may be examined 
at the Office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District 
of Iowa, Davenport Division, 115 U.S. Courthouse, East 1st and Walnut 
Streets, Des Moines, Iowa 50309 and at the Region VII offices of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, Superfund Records Center, 726 
Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, KS 66101. Copies of the proposed Major 
and De Minimis Consent Decrees and appendices (if requested) may be 
obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G 
Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, [phone]. In 
requesting copies, please enclose a check in the amount of $18.75 
(without appendices) or $42.00 (with appendices) (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 94-31333 Filed 12-20-94; 8:45 am]
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