[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 214 (Monday, November 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 56707]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28157]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as 
Amended, and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

    Consistent with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, 38 FR 19029, and 
42 U.S.C. 9622(d), notice is hereby given that on October 21, 1996, a 
proposed consent decree in United States v. LAR Labs, Inc. f/k/a Pfaltz 
& Bauer, Inc., Civil Action No. 396-CV-00305 PCD, was lodged with the 
United States District Court for the District of Connecticut. This 
proposed consent decree resolves the United States' claims under the 
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 6909 et 
seq. and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., on behalf of the 
United States Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') against 
defendant LAR Labs, Inc. (``LAR''), formerly known as Pfaltz & Bauer, 
Inc., relating to LAR's former facility in Waterbury, Connecticut 
(``the Facility'').
    Under the terms of the Consent Decree, LAR shall pay a total of 
$225,000, as follows: $94,000, or 100 percent, of EPA response costs 
incurred in overseeing response actions undertaken by LAR in response 
to an Administrative Order pursuant to Section 106 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 
9606, and $131,000 for civil penalties for violations of RCRA pursuant 
to Section 3008(g) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6928(g). In addition, LAR shall 
undertake certain injunctive relief, including conducting an 
environmental audit at the Facility and providing hazardous waste 
management training for employees of the Facility.
    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, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. LAR Labs Inc., f/k/a Pfaltz & Bauer, Inc., Civil 
Action No. 396-CV-00305 PCD, DOJ Ref. Number 90-7-1-793.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, District of Connecticut, 915 Lafayette 
Boulevard, Bridgeport, Connecticut, 06604; 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 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 send a check 
(there is a 25 cent per page reproduction cost) in the amount of $6.15 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-28157 Filed 11-1-96; 8:45 am]
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