[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 148 (Wednesday, July 31, 1996)] [Notices] [Pages 39985-39986] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-19404] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on July 16, 1996, a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Rhode Island Solid Waste Management Corporation, Civil No. 96-408P, was lodged with the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island to resolve this matter. The proposed Consent Decree concerns the response to the existence of hazardous substances at the Central Landfill Site located in Johnston, Rhode Island, pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, as amended. Under the terms of the Consent Decree, Rhode Island Solid Waste Management Corporation will perform the remedial design and remedial action for Operable Unit 1 at the Site. In addition, Rhode Island Solid Waste Management Corporation agrees to pay $250,000 in past costs incurred through May 25, 1994, and to pay costs incurred in connection with Operable Unit 1 after May 25, 1994. The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of this publication comments relating to the proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, D.C. [[Page 39986]] 20044, and should refer to United States v. Rhode Island Waste Management Corporation, D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-827. The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Region 1 Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, One Congress Street, Boston Massachusetts. Copies of the Consent Decree may be examined at the Environmental Enforcement Section Document Center, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed Consent Decree may be obtained in person or by mail from the Document Center. In requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $26.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost, excluding appendices) made payable to Consent Decree Library. Joel M. Gross, Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section. [FR Doc. 96-19404 Filed 7-30-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410-01-M