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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water 
Act; Hercules, Inc.

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 C.F.R. Sec. 50.7, notice 
is hereby given that on October 17, 1994, a proposed Consent Decree in 
United States v. Hercules Incorporated, Civil Action No. 94-30236-MAP, 
was lodged with the United States District Court for the District of 
Massachusetts resolving the matters alleged in a complaint filed 
simultaneously with the Consent Decree. The proposed Consent Decree 
concerns violations by Hercules of the Clean Water Act (``CWA''), 33 
U.S.C. Secs. 1251, et seq., at Hercules' chemicals and emulsions 
manufacturing facility in Chicopee, Massachusetts. The CWA violations 
alleged in the complaint include discharges of pollutants in excess of 
federal Categorical Pretreatment Standards, National Prohibited 
Discharge Standards, and local limitations established by the Chicopee 
wastewater treatment plant.
    Under the terms of the Consent Decree, the defendant will pay a 
civil penalty of $250,000 to the United States for past violations of 
the CWA, and complete supplemental environmental projects at a 
projected cost of $375,000. In addition, Hercules will be required to 
comply with federal and local pretreatment standards and the National 
Prohibited Discharge Standard for pH, as well as comply with 
monitoring, sampling, and reporting requirements.
    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 of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States v. Hercules Incorporated, D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-4061.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Region 1 Office 
of the Environmental Protection Agency, One Congress Street, Boston, 
Massachusetts, and at the Office of the United States Attorney, 
District of Massachusetts, 1003 J.W. McCormick P.O. & Courthouse, 
Boston, MA 02109, c/o George B. Henderson and at the Consent Decree 
Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th 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., 
4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy, please enclose a 
check in the amount of $7.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost 
excluding attachment) payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce Gelber,
Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 94-27340 Filed 11-3-94; 8:45 am]
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