[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 183 (Thursday, September 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49342-49343]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24031]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Two Consent Decrees Pursuant to the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 
1980 as Amended

    In accordance with Department of Justice policy, 28 CFR 50.7, 
notice is hereby given that two proposed partial consent decrees in 
United States v. International Paper Company, et al., Civil No. 94-4681 
(BDP), were lodged on August 18, 1996 with the United States District 
Court for the Southern District of New York. The decrees

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resolve claims of the United States against defendants International 
Paper Company and Nepera, Inc. in the above-referenced action under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA'') for contamination at the Warwick Superfund Site in the 
Town of Warwick, Orange County, New York (the ``Site''). In the first 
proposed consent decree, defendant International Paper Company agrees 
to pay the United States $135,000 in settlement of the United States' 
claims for past response costs incurred by the Environmental Protection 
Agency at the Site through November 7, 1994. In the second proposed 
consent decree, defendant Nepera, Inc. agrees to pay the United States 
$98,500 in settlement of the United States' claims for past response 
costs incurred by the Environmental Protection Agency at the Site 
through November 7, 1994.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to both 
proposed consent decrees. 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. International Paper Company, et al., DOJ Ref. Number 
90-11-3-812.
    The proposed consent decrees may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, 100 Church Street, New York, NY, 10007; the 
Region II Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, 
New York, NY 10278; and the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, 
N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the 
proposed consent 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. In requesting a copy, please specify either the consent decree 
with International Paper Company or the consent decree with Nepera, 
Inc., and please also refer to the referenced case and enclose a check 
in the amount of $5.25 for the consent decree with International Paper 
Company (25 cents per page reproduction costs) and $5.50 for the 
consent decree with Nepera, Inc., payable to the Consent Decree 
Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-24031 Filed 9-18-96; 8:45 am]
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