[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 149 (Thursday, August 4, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-18948]


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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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