[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 75 (Friday, April 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 19131]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-10019]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Amendment to Consent Decree Pursuant to the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
(CERCLA)
In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, and with
Section 122 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622, notice is hereby given that a
proposed amendment to a consent decree in United States v. American
Cyanamid, et al., Civil Action No. 2:93-0654 (S.D.W.V.), was lodged on
March 31, 1997, with the United States District Court for the Southern
District of West Virginia. The original consent decree, entered on
February 19, 1997, resolved claims that we filed under Section 107 of
the CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607, for past response costs incurred at the
Fike/Artel Chemical Company Superfund Site, located near Nitro, West
Virginia. The proposed amendment incorporates limited provisions
reflecting two settlements with the final two parties in this matter.
The first settlement is with Shell Chemical Company and Shell Oil
Company (``Shell''), the last company to settle in this matter. The
United States will receive $360,000 and the State of West Virginia
$360,000. These amounts are in addition to those to be paid in a
private settlement with the Settling Work Defendants in this matter.
The second settlement involves the United States Department of
Energy (``DOE'') and Westinghouse Electric Corporation
(``Westinghouse'') with respect to sodium tanks sent from a
Westinghouse facility to the Fike/Artel Site. The settlement obligates
Westinghouse to contribute $110,000 to the Trust cleaning up the Site,
to pay EPA $25,000, and to pay the State $5,000. The United States, on
behalf of DOE, will pay the Fike/Artel Site Trust $100,000.
The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the
proposed amendment to the consent decree. Comments should be addressed
to the Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural
Resources Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and
should refer to United States v. American Cyanamid, et al., DOJ Ref.
#90-11-3-706.
The proposed amendment to the consent decree may be examined at the
office of the United States Attorney, 500 Quarrier Street, Charleston,
West Virginia; the Region III Office of the Environmental Protection
Agency, 841 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA; and at the Consent
Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005,
(202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed amendment to the consent decree
may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library,
1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a
copy please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the
amount of $2.00, payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-10019 Filed 4-17-97; 8:45 am]
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