[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 76 (Wednesday, April 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 19552]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-9966]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act
In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is
hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Chem-
Pak Corporation, Civ. No. CA-99-152 (ML), was lodged on March 26, 1999
with the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island.
The complaint in this action seeks to recover civil penalties for Chem-
Pak Corporation's (``Chem-Pak's'') violations of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6921, et seq., at its
hazardous waste storage and treatment facility in Cranston, Rhode
Island.
The proposed Consent Decree embodies an agreement providing for
Chem-Pak to pay a civil penalty of $75,000 in settlement of the United
States' claims. The proposed Consent Decree also will require Chem-Pak
to purchase a new computerized record keeping system and to employ a
full time environmental engineer at its facility.
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,
P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, DC 20044, and should
refer to United States v. Chem-Pak Corporation, DOJ Ref. No. 90-7-1-
905.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, Fleet Center, Eighth Floor, 50 Kennedy Plaza,
Providence, RI 02903; the Region I Office of the Environmental
Protection Agency, Region I Records Center, 90 Canal Street, Fourth
Floor, Boston, MA 02203; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G
Street, NW., Third Floor, Washington, DC 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, Third Floor, NW.,
Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy, please refer to the
referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $4.00 (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. 99-9966 Filed 4-20-99; 8:45 am]
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