[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 149 (Thursday, August 4, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-18948]
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[Federal Register: August 4, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as
Amended
In accordance with Department policy, 28 CFR 50.7 and 42 U.S.C.
9622(d)(2), notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in
United States v. Para-Chem Southern, Inc., Civil Action Number 6:94-
1973-3, was lodged on July 22, 1994, with the United States District
Court for the District of South Carolina, Greenville Division.
This case concerns an active latex, acrylic compounds and adhesives
manufacturing plant. Portions of the area surrounding the manufacturing
plant were used for disposal of process wastes. The facility is located
on a 100 acre parcel of land on State Highway 14 in Simpsonville, South
Carolina, known as the Para-Chem Southern, Inc. Superfund Site (the
``Site''). Pursuant to Sections 106 and 107 of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42
U.S.C. 9606 and 9607(a), the Complaint in this action seeks recovery of
all future costs to be incurred by the United States at the Site,\1\
and injunctive relief for the Site, namely, implementation of the
remedy selected by EPA in a Record of Decision (``ROD'') dated
September 27, 1993. The ROD provides for pumping and treatment of
groundwater combined with biological treatment of sludge as the
selected remedy for the Site.
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\1\The past costs were addressed in a Section 122(h)(1) Cost
Recovery Agreement entered on September 2, 1993.
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Defendant Para-Chem Southern, Inc. has agreed in the proposed
Consent Decree to pay the United States all future costs of overseeing
the implementation of the remedy which are estimated to be between
$300,000 and $1,000,000 depending upon which actions are necessitated.
Para-Chem also has agreed to implement the remedy selected by EPA for
the Site. The cost of the selected remedy is approximately $5,498,000.
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 Acting
Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources
Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should
refer to United States v. Pare-Chem Southern, Inc., DOJ Ref. #90-11-2-
919.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the
United States Attorney, District of South Carolina, 300 E. Washington
Street, Greenville, South Carolina; the Office of the United States
Environmental Protection Agency, Region IV, 345 Courtland Street, N.E.,
Atlanta, Georgia; 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, DC
20005. In requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced case and
enclose a check in the amount of $63.00 (25 cents per page reproduction
costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library for a copy of the Consent
Decree with attachments (ROD, Statement of Work and Site map) or a
check in the amount of $20.75, for a copy of the proposed Consent
Decree without those attachments.
John C. Cruden,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 94-18948 Filed 8-3-94; 8:45 am]
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