[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 226 (Thursday, November 21, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59242-59243]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29741]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decrees Pursuant to the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
Notice is hereby given that two proposed consent decrees in United
States v. Farmer Oil, et al., Civil Action No. 95-CV-3231, were lodged
on November 1, 1996, with the United States District Court for the
Northern District of Georgia. The consent decrees settle claims against
separate defendants brought under Section 107(a) of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''),
42 U.S.C. Sec. 9607(a), for response costs incurred by the United
States at the Daytona Antifreeze site (the ``Daytona site'') in
Marietta, Georgia. Under the proposed consent decrees, defendants
Watkins Omega, Inc. (``Watkins'') and Enterprise Waste Oil, Inc.
(``Enterprise'') will pay $25,000 and $20,000, respectively, to the
United States in reimbursement of response
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costs incurred by the Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') in
connection with the Daytona site. EPA has incurred costs in excess of
$357,000 in connection with the Daytona site. Efforts to secure
additional reimbursement continue against several other defendants
named in the lawsuit.
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. 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. Farmer Oil, et al., DOJ Ref. #90-11-2-1145A.
The proposed consent decrees may be examined at the office of the
United States Attorney, Richard Russell Federal Building, Suite 1800,
75 Spring Street, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30335; the Region 4 Office of
the Environmental Protection Agency, 100 Alabama St., S.W., Atlanta,
Georgia 30303; 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 of either decree please refer to the
referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $4.00 (25 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. 96-29741 Filed 11-20-96; 8:45 am]
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