[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 178 (Thursday, September 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 48162]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23371]
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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 Departmental policy, 28 CFR 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 United States v. Collins & Aikman Products
Co., et al., Civil Action No. 6:96-2659-21 was lodged on August 30,
1996, with the United States District Court for the District of South
Carolina. This agreement resolves a judicial enforcement action brought
by the United States against the settling defendants pursuant to
Sections 106(a) and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606(a) and 9607. The
settling defendants include the past and present owners and operators
of the Beaunit Circular Knit and Dyeing Superfund Site (``Beaunit
Site'' or ``Site'') and Site facilities in Greenville County, South
Caroline.
The consent decree requires the settling defendants to pay 100
percent of all past and future response costs which the United States
has incurred and will incur at the Site, and which EPA documents are
not inconsistent with the National Contingency Plan. The settling
defendants have also agreed under the decree to perform the final
remedy for the Site which EPA set forth in its Record of Decision
(``ROD'') dated September 29, 1995, and which provides for the
containment of soils and sediments through placement of a cap over the
lagoon area, and additional monitoring of the groundwater and soils on
a regular schedule to determine the effectiveness of the cap. The ROD
also provides for institutional controls as part of the remedy.
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, D.C. 20530, and should refer to
United States v. Collins & Aikman Products Co., et al., DOJ Ref # 90-
11-3-1420.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the
United States Attorney, First Union Building, 1441 Main Street, Suite
500, Columbia, South Carolina, 29201; the Region 4 office of the
Environmental Protection Agency, 345 Courtland Street, N.E., Atlanta,
Georgia, 30365; 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 without attachments, which attachments include the
ROD, Statement of Work, Site Maps, and lists of Settling Defendants,
then the amount of the check should be $22.75 (91 pages at 25 cents per
page). If you want a copy of the Consent Decree with the above stated
attachments, then the amount of the check should be $85.75 (343 pages
at 25 cents per page). The check should be made payable to the Consent
Decree Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-23371 Filed 9-11-96; 8:45 am]
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