[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 202 (Thursday, October 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54216-54217]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-26618]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, and 42 U.S.C. 
Sec. 9622(d)(2), notice is hereby given that on October 1, 1996, a 
Consent Decree was lodged in United States v. Hercules, et al., Civil 
Action No. 89-562-SLR, with the United States District Court for the 
District of Delaware.
    The Complaint in this case, as amended, was filed under Section 106 
and 107 of the Comprehensive

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Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as 
amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. Secs. 9606 and 9607, with respect to 
the Delaware Sand & Gravel Superfund Site (``DS&G Site'') located in 
New Castle County, Delaware, against numerous defendants, many of whom 
have agreed to settlement terms under prior consent decrees. Pursuant 
to the terms of the Consent Decree with Wilmington Fibre Specialty 
Company, the United States will receive a payment of $17,500 for costs 
incurred in connection with the Site.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Decree for a period of thirty days from the date of 
publication of this notice. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States v. Hercules, et al., Civil Action No. 89-562-SLR, Ref. No. 90-
11-2-298. The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of 
the United States Attorney, District of Delaware, Chemical Bank Plaza, 
1201 Market Street, Suite 100, Wilmington, Delaware 19899. Copies of 
the Consent Decree may also be examined and obtained by mail at the 
Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 
20005 (202-624-0892) and the offices of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, Region III, 841 Chestnut Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 
19107. When requesting a copy by mail, please enclose a check in the 
amount of $5.75 (twenty-five cents per page reproduction costs) payable 
to the ``Consent Decree Library.''
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-26618 Filed 10-16-96; 8:45 am]
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