[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 202 (Thursday, October 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 54216]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-26609]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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

    Consistent with Departmental policy, 28 CFR Sec. 50.7, 38 Fed. Reg. 
19029, and 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9622(d), notice is hereby given that on 
September 27, 1996, two proposed partial consent decrees in United 
States versus Federal Pacific Electric Company, Inc. et. al., Civil 
Action No. 92-11924T, were lodged with the United States District Court 
for the District of Massachusetts. These two proposed consent decrees 
resolve the United States' claims under the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 
Sec. 9601 et seq., on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency (``EPA'') against defendants Cooper Industries, Inc., 
(``Cooper''), Federal Pacific Electric Company (``FPE''), and Cornell-
Dubilier Electronics, Inc. (``CDE'') relating to the Norwood PCB 
Superfund Site in Norwood, Massachusetts.
    Under the terms of the Consent Decree with Cooper, Cooper shall pay 
$7 million, including $6,940,000 in satisfaction of its liability for 
past and future response costs pursuant to Section 107 of CERCLA, 42 
U.S.C. Sec. 9607, and $60,000 for civil penalties and punitive damages 
for failure to comply with an Administrative Order issued pursuant to 
Section 106 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 (the ``Administrative Order''). 
The Consent decree with CDE and FPE requires those parties to complete 
specified work at the Norwood PCB Superfund Site and to place $7.13 
million in a trust fund to fund those remedial activities. The Consent 
Decree also requires CDE and FPE to pay $120,000 for civil penalties 
and punitive damages for failure to comply with the Administrative 
Order.
    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 decrees. In addition, since the United States is 
further providing defendants with covenants not to sue under Section 
7003 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 
Sec. 6973, the United States will provide an opportunity for a public 
meeting in the affected area, if requested within the thirty (30)day 
public comment period. See 42 U.S.C. Sec. 6973(d). Any comments and/or 
requests for a public meeting should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General of the Environmental and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States versus Federal Pacific Electric Company, Inc., et. al., 
Civil Action No. 92-11924T, D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-372A.
    Both proposed consent decrees may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, District of Massachusetts, J.W. McCormack Post 
Office and Courthouse, Boston, Massachusetts, 02109, and at Region I, 
Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, One Congress Street, 
Boston, Massachusetts, 02203 and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G 
Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy 
of either 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 indicate which 
consent decree is desired and enclose a check (there is a 25 cent per 
page reproduction cost) in the amount of $12.00 for the Cooper Decree 
and/or a check in the amount of $113.00 for the CDE-FPE Decree payable 
to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-26609 Filed 10-16-96; 8:45 am]
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