[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8642-8643]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5034]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as 
Amended

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in the 
consolidated actions entitled Elf Atochem North America, Inc. versus 
United States, et al., Civil Action No. 92-7458 and United States 
versus Witco Corporation, Civil Action No. 94-0662 (E.D. Pa.), was 
lodged on February 27, 1996, with the United States District Court for 
the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The consent decree resolves the 
United States' claim, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency (``EPA''), against defendant Witco Corporation (``Witco'') in 
Civil Action No. 94-0662, and Witco's counterclaim against the United 
States, on behalf of the Departments of Commerce, the Army, and the 
General Services Administration (``Settling Federal Agencies''), in 
Civil Action No. 94-0662 under the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA'') for 
contamination at the Myers Property Superfund Site in Franklin 
Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey (the ``Site''). In the proposed 
consent decree, Witco will pay the United States $400,000 in settlement 
of the United States' claims for past response costs incurred by EPA at 
the Site, and to dismiss its counterclaim against the Settling Federal 
Agencies. The Settling Federal Agencies agree to pay into the Hazardous 
Substance Superfund the sum of $600,000 in reimbursement of EPA's past 
response costs.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed 

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consent decree. 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 Elf Atochem North 
America, Inc. versus United States, et al., Civil Action No. 92-7458 
and United States versus Witco Corporation, Civil Action No. 94-0662 
(E.D. Pa.), DOJ Ref. Number 90-11-2-662A.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, 615 Chestnut Street, Suite 1250, Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania 19106; the Region Ii Office of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, New York, NY 10278; and the Consent 
Decree' Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th 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, 
NW., 4th floor, Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy, please 
refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $7.50 
(25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree 
Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-5034 Filed 3-4-96; 8:45 am]
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