[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 203 (Friday, October 20, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54253-54254]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-26025]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of De Minimis Consent Decree Pursuant to the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act 
and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed Supplemental Early De Minimis Consent 
Decree in United States and State of Connecticut v. Able Marine, Inc., 
et al., Civil Action Nos. 3:95 CV 2107 and 3:95 2108 was lodged on 
September 29, 1995 with the United States District Court for the 
District of Connecticut. The complaint in this action seeks (1) to 
recover, pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., 
response costs incurred and to be incurred by EPA at the Solvents 
Recovery Service of New England, Inc. Superfund Site located in the 
Town of Southington, Connecticut (``Site''); and (2) injunctive relief 
under section 106 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606, and section 7003 of the 
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 9673.
    The proposed Supplemental Early De Minimis Consent Decree embodies 
an agreement with 46 potentially responsible parties (``PRPs'') at the 
Site pursuant to section 122(g) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(g) to 
reimburse EPA and 

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the State of Connecticut for a portion of their past and future 
response costs at the Site. Of the $503,325 generated by the 
settlement, $100,665 will be used for the partial funding of a non-
time-critical removal action (``NTCRA'') being performed at the Site by 
the larger-volume generator PRPs and the remaining $402,660 will be set 
aside for the funding of future remedial actions at the Site. The NTCRA 
comprises, inter alia, the installation and operation of a groundwater 
containment system designed to prevent further migration from the Site 
of contaminated groundwater. The Supplemental Early De Minimis Consent 
Decree also provides the settling defendants with a release for civil 
liability for EPA's and the State's past and future CERCLA response 
costs and natural resource damages at the Site for resources under the 
trusteeship of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
Commerce, through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed Early De Minimis Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed 
to the Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural 
Resources Division, Department of Justice, PO Box 7611, Ben Franklin 
Station, Washington, DC 20044, and should refer to United States and 
State of Connecticut v. Able Marine, Inc., et al., DOJ Ref. No. 90-7-1-
23E. In addition, pursuant to section 7003(d) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 
6973(d), any member of the public who desires a public meeting in the 
area affected by the proposed consent decree in order to discuss the 
proposed consent decree prior to its final entry by the court may 
request that such a meeting be held. Any such request for a public 
meeting should be submitted within fifteen (15) days from the date of 
this publication and sent to the same address and bear the same 
reference as indicated above for submission of comments.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, 157 Church Street, 23rd Floor, New Haven, 
Connecticut 06510; the Region I Office of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, Region I Records Center, 90 Canal Street, First Floor, Boston, 
MA 02203; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., Fourth 
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, Fourth Floor, NW., Washington, DC 20005. 
In requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced case and enclose a 
check in the amount of $26.25 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), 
payable to the Consent Decree Library. If you wish to receive a copy 
without the settlers' signature pages, please so indicate, and enclose 
a check in the amount of $13.75 payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 95-26025 Filed 10-20-95; 8:45 am]
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