[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]


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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.

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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]
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