[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 183 (Thursday, September 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49342-49343]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24031]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Two Consent Decrees Pursuant to the
Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of
1980 as Amended
In accordance with Department of Justice policy, 28 CFR 50.7,
notice is hereby given that two proposed partial consent decrees in
United States v. International Paper Company, et al., Civil No. 94-4681
(BDP), were lodged on August 18, 1996 with the United States District
Court for the Southern District of New York. The decrees
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resolve claims of the United States against defendants International
Paper Company and Nepera, Inc. in the above-referenced action under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
(``CERCLA'') for contamination at the Warwick Superfund Site in the
Town of Warwick, Orange County, New York (the ``Site''). In the first
proposed consent decree, defendant International Paper Company agrees
to pay the United States $135,000 in settlement of the United States'
claims for past response costs incurred by the Environmental Protection
Agency at the Site through November 7, 1994. In the second proposed
consent decree, defendant Nepera, Inc. agrees to pay the United States
$98,500 in settlement of the United States' claims for past response
costs incurred by the Environmental Protection Agency at the Site
through November 7, 1994.
The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to both
proposed consent decrees. 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. International Paper Company, et al., DOJ Ref. Number
90-11-3-812.
The proposed consent decrees may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, 100 Church Street, New York, NY, 10007; the
Region II Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 290 Broadway,
New York, NY 10278; and the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street,
N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the
proposed consent decrees 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 specify either the consent decree
with International Paper Company or the consent decree with Nepera,
Inc., and please also refer to the referenced case and enclose a check
in the amount of $5.25 for the consent decree with International Paper
Company (25 cents per page reproduction costs) and $5.50 for the
consent decree with Nepera, Inc., payable to the Consent Decree
Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-24031 Filed 9-18-96; 8:45 am]
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