[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 89 (Thursday, May 8, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 25207]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-11945]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Degree Pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)
In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 C.F.R. Sec. 50.7, and
with Section 122 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9622, notice is hereby given
that a consent decree in United States v. Occidental Chemical
Corporation, et al., Civ. Action No. 96-CV-6558 (E.D. Pa.) was lodged
on April 23, 1997, with the United States District Court for the
Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The consent decree resolves the
claims of the United States under Sections 107 and 113 of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act,
as amended (``CERCLA''), for reimbursement of response costs incurred
at the Occidental Chemical Corporation Superfund Site located in Lower
Pottsgrove Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The consent
decree obligates Occidental Chemical Corporation to reimburse
$181,416.42 of the United States' past response costs.
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, D.C., 20530, and
should refer to United States v. Occidental Chemical Corporation, et
al., DOJ Ref. #90-11-2-913.
The consent decree may be examined at the office of the United
States Attorney, for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 615 Chestnut
Street, Suite 1250, Philadelphia, PA; 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, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the consent decree
may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library,
1120 G Street, NW, 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a
copy please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the
amount of $6.50 (25 cents per page reproduction cost), payable to the
Consent Decree library. Attachments to the consent decree can be
obtained for an additional $26.75.
Walker B. Smith,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-11945 Filed 5-7-97; 8:45 am]
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