[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 178 (Thursday, September 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 48162]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23371]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, and Section 
122(d)(2) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(d)(2) notice is hereby given that a 
proposed consent decree in United States v. Collins & Aikman Products 
Co., et al., Civil Action No. 6:96-2659-21 was lodged on August 30, 
1996, with the United States District Court for the District of South 
Carolina. This agreement resolves a judicial enforcement action brought 
by the United States against the settling defendants pursuant to 
Sections 106(a) and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606(a) and 9607. The 
settling defendants include the past and present owners and operators 
of the Beaunit Circular Knit and Dyeing Superfund Site (``Beaunit 
Site'' or ``Site'') and Site facilities in Greenville County, South 
Caroline.
    The consent decree requires the settling defendants to pay 100 
percent of all past and future response costs which the United States 
has incurred and will incur at the Site, and which EPA documents are 
not inconsistent with the National Contingency Plan. The settling 
defendants have also agreed under the decree to perform the final 
remedy for the Site which EPA set forth in its Record of Decision 
(``ROD'') dated September 29, 1995, and which provides for the 
containment of soils and sediments through placement of a cap over the 
lagoon area, and additional monitoring of the groundwater and soils on 
a regular schedule to determine the effectiveness of the cap. The ROD 
also provides for institutional controls as part of the remedy.
    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 for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. Collins & Aikman Products Co., et al., DOJ Ref # 90-
11-3-1420.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, First Union Building, 1441 Main Street, Suite 
500, Columbia, South Carolina, 29201; the Region 4 office of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 345 Courtland Street, N.E., Atlanta, 
Georgia, 30365; 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 consent decree may be obtained in person or by mail from the 
Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, 
D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy please refer to the referenced case 
and enclose a check for the reproduction costs. If you want a copy of 
the Consent Decree without attachments, which attachments include the 
ROD, Statement of Work, Site Maps, and lists of Settling Defendants, 
then the amount of the check should be $22.75 (91 pages at 25 cents per 
page). If you want a copy of the Consent Decree with the above stated 
attachments, then the amount of the check should be $85.75 (343 pages 
at 25 cents per page). The check should be made payable to the Consent 
Decree Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-23371 Filed 9-11-96; 8:45 am]
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