[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 128 (Thursday, July 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 36079]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-17437]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the
Comprehensive, Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
(``CERCLA'')
In accordance with Department policy, 28 CFR Sec. 50.7, and Section
122(d)(2) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(d)(2), notice is hereby given that
a proposed Consent Decree in U.S. v. Larry Jones et al., 1:97-CV-73-1
(M.D. Ga.), was lodged on May 15, 1997 with the United States District
Court for the Middle District of Georgia. This Consent Decree resolves
the action brought by the United States against the settling defendants
pursuant to Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. Secs. 9606 and
9607. The settling defendants are the past and present owners and
operators of the T.H. Agriculture Site (``THAN Site'' or ``Site''),
operable unit 2, located in Albany, Georgia.
The Consent Decree requires the settling defendants to perform a
remedial design/remedial action (``RD/RA'') for operable unit 2 at the
Site. Further, the Consent Decree requires the settling defendants to
reimburse the United States for all future response costs incurred by
the United States at operable unit 2.
The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to proposed
Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney
General for the Environmental and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to U.S.
v. Larry Jones et al., DOJ #90-11-3-1061A.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the
United States Attorney, 345 Broad Avenue, Albany, Georgia; the Region 4
office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 61 Forsyth Street, S.W.,
Atlanta, GA 30303; 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 refer to the referenced case
and enclose a check for the reproduction costs. If you want a copy of
the Consent Decree (plus attachments), then the amount of the check
should be $43.75 (175 pages at 25 cents per page). The check should be
made payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Walker Smith,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-17437 Filed 7-2-97; 8:45 am]
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