97-10019. Notice of Lodging of Amendment to Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)  

  • [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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Document Information

Published:
04/18/1997
Department:
Justice Department
Entry Type:
Notice
Document Number:
97-10019
Pages:
19131-19131 (1 pages)
PDF File:
97-10019.pdf