[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 149 (Thursday, August 3, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39771-39772]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19040]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

    In accordance with Departmental 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. Chemical Leaman Tank Lines, Inc., Civil No. 95-4264 a 
civil action filed on or about July 10, 1995, was lodged on July 10, 
1995, with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania. As described above, the complaint was filed 
simultaneously with the lodging of the consent decree.
    Under the consent decree, Chemical Leaman Tank Lines, Inc., a 
generator of hazardous substances disposed of at the site and the only 
viable responsible party: (1) Will perform the remaining Site remedy 
(involving the excavation of contaminated soils, thermal desorption of 
the volatile organic compounds the soils contain, and treatment of the 
air emissions from the desorption unit) as well as the interim 
groundwater remedy consisting of a groundwater study and interim pump 
and treat remedy; (2) pay $1.571 million, over time, towards the costs 
that EPA has incurred and will incur to implement an alternative water 
supply to those private houses which draw their drinking and washing 
water from the aquifer underlying the Site; and (3) reimburse all of 
EPA's past costs ($420,296) over a two year period. Ultimately, 
Chemical Leaman will bear about 94% of the total costs of cleaning up 
the site. Chemical Leaman will also pay a civil penalty of $260,000 for 
violating an EPA administrative order.
    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. Chemical Leaman Tank Lines, Inc., DOJ Ref. #90-11-2-
746.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 615 Chestnut 
Street, Suite 1250, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19106-4476; the Region 
III Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 841 Chestnut 
Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107; 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 of the proposed 
decree, please refer to the referenced case, the decree requested, and 
enclose a check in the amount of $27.00 (25 

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cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree 
Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 95-19040 Filed 8-2-95; 8:45 am]
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