[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 131 (Wednesday, July 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 36844]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-17924]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act
In accordance with Departmental policy, notice is hereby given that
a proposed consent decree in United States v. Velsicol Chemical
Corporation, No. 4:49-CV-258-HLM, was lodged on June 17, 1997 with the
United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
Under the consent decree the United States is settling claims against
Defendant Velsicol Chemical Corporation under Section 107 of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
of 1980, as amended, (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607, in connection with
the Shaver's Farm Site in northern Georgia. Pursuant to the Consent
Decree Velsicol will reimburse the Superfund $6,280,560.
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. Velsicol Chemical Corpoation, DOJ Ref. #90-11-2-886. The
proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the United
States Attorney, Richard Russell Bldg., Rm. 1800, 75 Spring Street,
Atlanta, Georgia 30335; the Region IV Office of the Environmental
Protection Agency, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3104;
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 $5.25 (25 cents per page reproduction costs),
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environmental and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-17924 Filed 7-8-97; 8:45 am]
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