[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 92 (Friday, May 10, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 21488]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-11653]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Consent Decrees in Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation and Liability Act Action; Al/co et al.

    Notice is hereby given that two consent decrees in United States et 
al. v. ALCOA et al., Civil Action No. 89-7421, were lodged with the 
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania 
on April 24, 1996.
    On October 16, 1989, the United States filed a complaint against 18 
generator and owner/operator defendants under Section 107(a) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act 
(CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), for response costs incurred and to be 
incurred by the United States at the Moyer Landfill Superfund Site in 
Collegeville, Pennsylvania (the ``Site''). The Commonwealth of 
Pennsylvania (``Commonwealth'') joined the action as plaintiff seeking 
reimbursement of its response costs incurred and to be incurred at the 
Site. One of the proposed consent decrees resolves the liability of 
Alco Industries, Cabot Corporation, and Richardson-Vicks, subject to 
reopeners for new information and new site conditions, and cost 
overruns above $55 million, for a payment of $11.5 million in 
reimbursement of response costs to the United States and the 
Commonwealth. The other proposed consent decree resolves the liability 
of William M. Wilson's Sons, Inc., Waste Conversion, Inc., Hatfield 
Packing Company, Moyer Packing Company, Superior Tube Company, W.R. 
Grace & Co., Union Carbide Corporation, Henkel Corporation, Ford 
Electronics and Refrigeration Corporation and Zenith Electronics 
Corporation, subject to reopeners for new information and new site 
conditions, and cost overruns above $60 million, for payments totalling 
$9,558,551 in reimbursement of response costs to the United States and 
the Commonwealth. Under both decrees the United States receives 84% and 
the Commonwealth receives 16% of the payments. The Consent Decree 
includes covenants not to sue under Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA and 
under Section 7003 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 
(``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 6973.
    The Department of Justice will accept written comments relating to 
these proposed Consent Decrees for thirty (30) days from the date of 
publication of this notice. Please address comments to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, 
D.C. 20044 and refer to United States et al. v. ALCOA et al., DOJ No. 
90-11-3-145. Commenters may request an opportunity for a public meeting 
in the affected area, in accordance with Section 7003(d) of RCRA.
    Copies of the proposed Consent Decrees may be examined at the 
Office of the United States Attorney, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 
615 Chestnut Street, Suite 1300, Philadelphia, PA 19106; Region III 
Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 841 Chestnut Building, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107; 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 decrees may be obtained in person or by 
mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W. 4th Floor, 
Washington, D.C. 20005. When requesting a copy of the proposed Consent 
Decrees, please enclose a check payable to the ``Consent Decree 
Library'' in the following amounts:
    $7.50 for the 1st decree described above.
    $10.00 for the 2nd decree described above.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 96-11653 Filed 5-9-96; 8:45 am]
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