[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 28596]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14069]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA'')

    In accordance with the Department policy, notice is hereby given 
that a proposed consent decree in United States v. Koppers Industries, 
Inc., et al, Civil Action No. 93-10136, was lodged on May 20, 1996 with 
the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida. 
The consent decree resolves the liability under CERCLA of defendants 
Koppers Industries Inc., Beazer East, Inc., and CSX Transportation, 
Inc. under section 107 of CERCLA in connection with response actions at 
the Cabot Carbon/Koppers Superfund Site in Gainesville, Alachua County, 
Florida. Under the consent decree, the defendants will reimburse the 
United States for $1,290,071.11 in past response costs and pay 
oversight costs incurred by the United States in connection with 
certain response actions being conducted at the site.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty days 
(30) 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, DC 20530, and should refer to  
United States v. Koppers Industries, Inc., et al., DOJ Ref. #90-11-2-
622A.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, 315 South Calhoun Street, Suite 510, 
Tallahassee, Florida 32301; the Region IV Office of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, 345 Courtland Street, NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30365; 
and at 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 $8.50 (25 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. 96-14069 Filed 6-4-96; 8:45 am]
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