[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 26, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28522-28523]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13826]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, 38 FR 19029,
and 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent
Decree in United States v. William Davis, et al., Civ. Action No. 90-
0484-T, was lodged in the United States District Court for the District
of Rhode Island on May 15, 1998. The proposed Consent Decree resolves
the United States' claims against National Starch & Chemical Co. under
sections 106 and 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental
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Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), as amended, 42
U.S.C. 9607(a), concerning response actions at the Davis Liquid Waste
Superfund Site located in Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island
(the ``Davis Site'').
Under the terms of the Consent Decree, National Starch & Chemical
Co. is required to pay $2,125,000 in two payments over two years to the
United States in partial reimbursement of the United States' past and
future costs. In addition, National Starch & Chemical Co. is jointly
and severally responsible along with United Technologies Corp.
(``UTC'') and other previous settlers for the source control portion of
the remedy at the Site.
The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication, written 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, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should
refer to United States v. William Davis, et al., Civ. Action No. 90-
0484-T, DOJ #90-11-2-137B.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, District of Rhode Island, Westminster Square
Building, 10 Dorrance Street, 10th Floor, Providence, Rhode Island
02903; at the Region I Office of the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, 90 Canal Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02203; and at the
Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington,
D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. Copies of 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 enclose a check in the amount of $7.25 (25 cents per page
reproduction costs) payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-13826 Filed 5-22-98; 8:45 am]
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