[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 28596]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14069]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA'')
In accordance with the Department policy, notice is hereby given
that a proposed consent decree in United States v. Koppers Industries,
Inc., et al, Civil Action No. 93-10136, was lodged on May 20, 1996 with
the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida.
The consent decree resolves the liability under CERCLA of defendants
Koppers Industries Inc., Beazer East, Inc., and CSX Transportation,
Inc. under section 107 of CERCLA in connection with response actions at
the Cabot Carbon/Koppers Superfund Site in Gainesville, Alachua County,
Florida. Under the consent decree, the defendants will reimburse the
United States for $1,290,071.11 in past response costs and pay
oversight costs incurred by the United States in connection with
certain response actions being conducted at the site.
The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty days
(30) 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, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to
United States v. Koppers Industries, Inc., et al., DOJ Ref. #90-11-2-
622A.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the
United States Attorney, 315 South Calhoun Street, Suite 510,
Tallahassee, Florida 32301; the Region IV Office of the Environmental
Protection Agency, 345 Courtland Street, NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30365;
and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th 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, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In
requesting a copy please refer to the referenced case and enclose a
check in the amount of $8.50 (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. 96-14069 Filed 6-4-96; 8:45 am]
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