[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 8643]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5035]



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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

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, and 42 U.S.C. 
9622(d)(2), notice is hereby given that on February 20, 1996, a Consent 
Decree was lodged in United States v. Hercules, et al., Civil Action 
No. 89-562-SLR, with the United States District Court for the District 
of Delaware.
    The Complaint in this case, as amended, was filed under Sections 
106 and 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation 
and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 
Secs. 9606 and 9607, with respect to the Delaware Sand & Gravel 
Superfund Site (``DS&G Site'') located in New Castle County, Delaware, 
against numerous defendants, many of whom have agreed to settlement 
terms under prior consent decrees. Pursuant to the terms of the Consent 
Decree with Harvey & Harvey, Inc., the United States will receive a 
payment of $1.3 million over four years for costs incurred in 
connection with the Site.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Decree for a period of thirty days from the date of 
publication of this notice. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States v. Hercules, et al., Civil Action No. 89-562-SLR, Ref. No. 90-
11-2-298. The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of 
the United States Attorney, District of Delaware, Chemical Bank Plaza, 
1201 Market Street, Suite 100, Wilmington, Delaware 19899. Copies of 
the Consent Decree may also be examined and obtained by mail at the 
Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 
20005 (202-624-0892) and the offices of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, Region III, 841 Chestnut Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 
19107. When requesting a copy by mail, please enclose a check in the 
amount of $11.00 (twenty-five cents per page reproduction costs) 
payable to the ``Consent Decree Library.''
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-5035 Filed 3-4-96; 8:45 am]
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