[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 17 (Thursday, January 25, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 2265]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1092]



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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, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. TH 
Agriculture & Nutrition Co., Inc. and Elf Atochem North America, Inc., 
Case No. 96-D-41-N, was lodged on January 8, 1996, with the United 
States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Northern 
Division. This settlement agreement resolves the claims asserted by the 
United States in an enforcement action brought on behalf of the 
Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') against two potentially 
responsible parties (``PRPs'') pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 
42 U.S.C. Sec. 9601 et seq. The complaint alleges the PRPs are liable 
to perform an Interim Remedial Action at the TH Agriculture & Nutrition 
Superfund Site (``Site'') and to reimburse the Superfund for response 
costs incurred and to be incurred in connection with the Site. Under 
the Consent Decree, the PRPs shall perform interim remedial measures 
designed to prevent any further migration of a plume of contamination 
in the surficial aquifer and shall pay $557,000 of past identified 
response costs associated with the Site and all future costs associated 
with performance of the Interim Remedial Action.
    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. TH Agriculture & Nutrition Co., Inc. and Elf Atochem 
North America, Inc., 90-11-3-1426.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, One Court Square, Suite 201, Montgomery, 
Alabama, 36104; the Region IV office of the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, 345 Courtland Street, NE, Atlanta, GA 30365; 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, (202) 624-0892. In 
requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced case and enclose a 
check in the amount of $33.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 96-1092 Filed 1-24-96; 8:45 am]
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