[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 240 (Thursday, December 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 65420]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31548]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 C.F.R. 50.7, 38 FR 
19029, and 42 U.S.C. 9622(d), notice is hereby given that a proposed 
Consent Decree in United States v. William Davis, et al., Civ. Action 
No. 90-0484-P, was lodged in the United States District Court for the 
District of Rhode Island on November 26, 1996. The proposed Consent 
Decree resolves the United States' claims against defendant, United 
Technologies Corporation, and 53 third and fourth party defendants, 
under Sections 106(a) and 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), as amended, 42 
U.S.C. 9606(a) and 9607(a), concerning response actions at the Davis 
Liquid Waste Superfund Site located in Smithfield, Providence County, 
Rhode Island (the ``Site'').
    Under the terms of the Consent Decree, the settling parties are 
required to perform the source control component of the remedy selected 
by the Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') for the Site, as 
modified by the explanation of significant differences issued on July 
19, 1996. In addition, the settling parties are required to pay $13.5 
million to the Superfund in partial reimbursement of the United States' 
past and future response costs. In return, the United States will grant 
the settling parties certain covenants not to sue with respect to the 
Site.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, written 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. William Davis, et al., Civ. Action No. 90-
0484-P, DOJ #90-11-2-137B.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the local 
Administrative Record repository in the Town Clerk's office in the 
Smithfield Town Hall, 64 Farnum Pike, Smithfield, Rhode Island 02917; 
at the Office of the United States Attorney, District of Rhode Island, 
Westminster Square Building, 10 Dorrance Street, 10th Floor, 
Providence, Rhode Island 02903; at the Region I Office of the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 90 Canal Street, Boston, Massachusetts 
02203; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th 
Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. Copies of the 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 enclose a check in the amount of $110.00 for 
a full copy or $39.75 for a copy without appendices (25 cents per page 
reproduction costs) payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources 
Division.
[FR Doc. 96-31548 Filed 12-11-96; 8:45 am]
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