[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 193 (Thursday, October 3, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 51720]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-25333]


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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 Section 122(d) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental, Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622, as amended, and Departmental policy 28 
CFR Sec. 50.7, notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in 
United States v. General Electric Company, Civil Action No. 3:96-CV-
406-P was lodged on September 19, 1996 with the United States District 
Court for the Western District of North Carolina. This agreement 
resolves a judicial enforcement action brought by the United States 
against the settling defendant pursuant to Sections 106 and 107 of 
CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. Secs. 9606 and 9607. The United States seeks 
reimbursement for response costs and injunctive relief in order to 
remedy conditions in connection with the release or threatened release 
of hazardous substances into the environment at and from the General 
Electric/Shepherd Farm Superfund Site, in Hendersonville, North 
Carolina.
    The settlement requires the defendant to perform and fund the soil 
and groundwater remediation as set forth in the Record of Decision 
issued on September 29, 1995 by the Regional Administrator for Region 
IV of the United States Environmental Protection Agency. The settlement 
also requires GE to pay $1,028,776 to the United States for past 
response costs incurred at the Site and to pay all future response 
costs related to the remedy, including oversight costs. The Consent 
decree includes a covenant not to sue by the United States under 
Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA and under Section 7003 of the Resource 
conservation and Recovery Act (``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 6973.
    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. General Electric Company, DOJ Ref #90-11-3-1561. 
Commenters may request an opportunity for a public meeting in the 
affected area, in accordance with Section 7003(d) of RCRA.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, Rm. 207, U.S. Courthouse, 100 Otis St., 
Asheville, North Carolina 28801; the Environmental Protection Agency, 
Region IV, 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 in the amount 
of $25.00 (100 pages at 25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable 
to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-25333 Filed 10-2-96; 8:45 am]
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