[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 164 (Thursday, August 24, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44047-44048]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-21080]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that two proposed consent decrees in United 
States v. Velsicol Chemical Corporation, et al., Civil Action No. 92-
2214-FBRO (W.D. Tenn.), where lodged on August 15, 1995 with the United 
States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. The 
proposed consent decrees settle an action brought under Section 107 of 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. 9607, as amended, against Velsicol Chemical 
Corporation, the City of Memphis, and The Procter & Gamble Cellulose 
Corporation for recovery of costs incurred by the United States in 
responding to the release and threatened release of hazardous 
substances at the North Hollywood Landfill located in Memphis, Shelby 
County, Tennessee.
    The proposed consent decree with Velsicol Chemical Corporation and 
the City of Memphis, Tennessee provides that those entities will 
collectively pay $1,595,000 to resolve their liability to the United 
States for past costs incurred at the North Hollywood Landfill. The 
proposed consent decree with The Procter & Gamble Cellulose Corporation 
provides for a payment of $300,000 to resolve The Procter & Gamble 
Cellulose Corporation's liability with the United States for costs 
incurred at the North Hollywood Landfill. The proposed 

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consent decree with The Procter & Gamble Cellulose Corporation includes 
a covenant not to sue by the United States under Sections 106 and 107 
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607, and under Section 7003 
of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 
6973.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the two 
proposed consent decrees. With respect to the consent decree with The 
Procter & Gamble Cellulose Corporation, commenters may request an 
opportunity for a public meeting in the affected area, in accordance 
with section 7003(d) of RCRA. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer 
to the United States v. Velsicol Chemical Corporation, et al., DOJ Ref. 
#90-11-2-629A.
    The proposed consent decrees may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, Western district of Tennessee, 1026 Federal 
Office Building, 167 N. Main Street, Memphis, Tennessee 38103; the 
Region IV Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 345 Courtland 
Street NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30365; and at the Consent Decree Library, 
1120 G Street NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 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 NW., 4th Floor, 
Washington, DC 20005. In requesting copies please refer to the 
referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $9.00 (25 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. 95-21080 Filed 8-23-95; 8:45 am]
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