[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 169 (Wednesday, September 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 47867]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22688]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act
Notice is hereby given that on August 2, 1999, a proposed Consent
Decree in United States v. Aiken County Forfeited Land Commission and
Aiken County, South Carolina, Civil Action No. 1:99-0264-08 was lodged
with the United States District Court for the District of South
Carolina.
In this action the United States sought the recovery of past costs
incurred in response to releases and threatened releases of hazardous
substances at the Clearwater Finishing Superfund Site in Clearwater,
Aiken County, South Carolina. The Consent Decree represents a
settlement with two of the potential responsible parties listed in the
Amended Complaint for violations of Section 107 of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, 42
U.S.C. 9607. Under the Consent Decree, the Aiken County Forfeited Land
Commission and Aiken County, South Carolina has agreed to pay the
United States $250,000.00. This Consent Decree represents the third
settlement to be lodged with the Court regarding the Clearwater
Finishing Superfund Site. The United States has incurred approximately
$1,182,000.00. The Amended Complaint names two additional parties.
The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Consent
Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General
of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of
Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United States v.
Aiken County Forfeited Land Commission and Aiken County, South
Carolina, D.J. Ref. Number 90-11-3-06135.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, for the District of South Carolina, First Union
Building, 1441 Main Street, Suite 500, Columbia, South Carolina 29201,
at U.S. EPA Region IV, 61 Forsyth Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, and
at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 3rd 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, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In
requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $4.75 (25
cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent Decree
Library.
Walker Smith,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-22688 Filed 8-31-99; 8:45 am]
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