[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 24, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1946-1947]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1044]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of 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, section 
122(d)(2) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622(d)(2), and section 
7003(d) of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (``RCRA''), 42 
U.S.C. 6973(d), notice is hereby given that a proposed partial consent 
decree in United States and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Publicker 
Industries Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 90-7984, was lodged on 
December 28, 1995, with the United States District Court for the 
Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The proposed partial consent decree 
would settle an action brought under section 107(a) and 113(g)(2) of 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), 9613(g)(2), against 
defendants, Publicker Industries Inc. and American Cryogas Industries, 
Inc. (now called Sagrocry, Inc.) (collectively, ``the Settling 
Defendants''), for recovery of response costs and natural resource 
damages in connection with the Publicker Industries Superfund Site in 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (``the Site''). The partial consent decree 
also resolves the potential CERCLA liability of federal agencies that 
were involved with the Site during World War II, and resolves 

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the liability of the Settling Defendants to the Commonwealth of 
Pennsylvania for response costs and natural resource damages in 
connection with the Site. Under the terms of the partial consent 
decree, the Settling Defendants will pay a total of $13.35 million, 
plus interest, to the United States, and $1 million, plus interest, to 
the Commonwealth. The United States, on behalf of the settling federal 
agencies, will contribute $500,000 to the EPA Hazardous Substance 
Superfund.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed partial 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 and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Publicker 
Industries Inc., et al., D.J. No. 90-11-3-689. 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 
partial consent decree in order to discuss the proposed partial 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 partial consent decree may be examined at the office 
of the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 
615 Chestnut Street, Suite 1250, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106; the 
Region III Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 841 Chestnut 
Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107; and at the Consent Decree 
Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC, 20005. 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 $22.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs) payable to 
the consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environmental and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-1044 Filed 1-23-96; 8:45 am]
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