[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 127 (Wednesday, July 2, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 35836]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-17311]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA'')
Notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United
States v. Rohm and Haas Co., Civil Action No. 96-347P, was lodged on
June 26, 1997 with the United States District Court for the District of
Rhode Island. Defendant Rohm and Haas Co. was a generator of wastes
containing hazardous substances which were disposed of at the Picillo
Farm Site (``Site'') at Coventry, Rhode Island.
The complaint filed by the United States under Sections 107(a) and
113(g)(2) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 107(a) and 113(g)(2), against Rohm and
Haas Co. sought unreimbursed costs incurred and to be incurred related
to the cleanup of groundwater at the Site under the 1993 Record of
Decision (``ROD''). Under the terms of the proposed decree, defendant
will pay the United States $4.35 million in unreimbursed past response
costs relating to the performance of the Remedial Investigation/
Feasibility Study pertaining to groundwater contamination and the
issuance of the 1993 ROD, $110,000 in future unreimbursed costs of
oversight of implementation of the Picillo ROD, and $69,000 for
settlement of federal natural resource damage claims for resources
under the trusteeship of the United States Department of Interior.
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, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United
States v. Rohm and Haas Co., D.J. reference #90-11-2-985A.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island, Westminster
Square Building, 10 Dorrance Street, Providence, RI 02903; Region I,
Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 90 Canal Street, Boston,
Massachusetts, and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W.,
4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 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, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington,
D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy please enclose a check in the amount
of $8.25 (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. 97-17311 Filed 7-1-97; 8:45 am]
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