[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 21 (Wednesday, January 31, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3464-3465]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1793]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Settlement Pursuant to RCRA

    In accordance with Department policy, 28 C.F.R. 50.7, and 42 U.S.C. 
6973(d), notice is hereby given that on January 19, 1996, a proposed 
Final Consent Decree in United States versus Waste Industries, Inc., et 
al., (E.D. N.C.) (Civil No. 80-4-CIV-7), was lodged with the Federal 
District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. The United 
States filed its complaint in this action on January 11, 1980, on 
behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') pursuant to 
Section 7003 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (``RCRA''), 
42 U.S.C. 6973. The complaint sought injunctive relief to abate an 
imminent and substantial endangerment resulting from the disposal of 
solid or hazardous waste at the Flemington Landfill site (``site'') in 
New Hanover County, North Carolina. On August 5, 1987, a Partial 
Consent Decree was entered by the District Court, requiring a Settling 
Defendants to conduct a complete assessment of groundwater 
contamination in and around the site and to make a 

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recommendation to EPA regarding the necessity for groundwater 
remediation. The Settling Defendants completed their study on May 2, 
1989, and submitted supplementary data in 1990 and 1991 and EPA has 
reviewed the results and issued a Final Decisional Document, dated June 
29, 1995, concurring with their recommendation that no further 
groundwater remediation is necessary. The Final Consent Decree requires 
the Settling Defendants to monitor groundwater at the site for a period 
of three years secure and maintain the site and maintain institutional 
controls. The Settling Defendants will also reimburse the United States 
for past costs in the amount of $175,000.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments concerning the proposed 
Final Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States versus Waste Industries, Inc., et al., D.J. ref. 90-7-1-
2. Commenters may request a public meeting in the affected area in 
accordance with Section 7003(d) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6973(d).
    The proposed Final Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of 
the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, 
Suite 800 Federal Building, 310 New Bern Avenue, Raleigh, N.C. 27611 
and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G. Street, N.W., 4th Floor, 
Washington, D.C. 20005. A copy of the proposed Decree may be obtained 
in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, 
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy, please enclose a 
check in the amount of $8.75 ($.25 per page for reproduction costs) 
payable to Consent Decree Library.
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-1793 Filed 1-30-96; 8:45 am]
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