[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 12, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 6556]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-3492]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the 
Comprehensive, Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA'')

    In accordance with Department policy, 28 CFR 50.7, and Section 
122(d)(2) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(d)(2), notice is hereby given that 
a proposed consent decree in United States v. Lucent Technologies Inc., 
Civil Action No. 3:97-0271-17 was lodged on January 31, 1997, with the 
United States District Court for the District of South Carolina. This 
agreement resolves a judicial enforcement action brought by the United 
States against Lucent Technologies Inc., (``Lucent'') pursuant to 
Sections 106(a) and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606(a) and 9607. Lucent 
is the successor corporation of a generator of hazardous substances at 
the Palmetto Recycling Superfund Site (``Palmetto Site'' or ``Site'') 
located in Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina.
    The consent decree requires Lucent to perform the final remedy for 
the Site which EPA selected in its Record of Decision (``ROD'') dated 
March 30, 1995. In the ROD, EPA selected a remedy which includes the 
excavation and off-site disposal of contaminated surface soil that 
exceeds the remediation level. The excavated area will be backfilled 
with clean soil and regraded with a vegetative cover. The ROD also 
provides for additional sampling of adjacent residential yards and 
roads to confirm the absence of soil contamination in those areas. 
Finally, the ROD provides for annual groundwater monitoring for at 
least five years.
    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 for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States v. Lucent Technologies Inc., DOJ Ref # 90-11-3-1545.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, First Union Building, 1441 Main Street, Suite 
500, Columbia, South Carolina, 29201; the Region 4 office of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 100 Alabama Street, SW., Georgia, 
30303; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th 
Floor, Washington, DC 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, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In 
requesting a copy please refer to the referenced case and enclose a 
check for the reproduction costs. If you request a copy of the Consent 
Decree without attachments, which attachments include the ROD, 
Statement of Work, Site Map, and Summary of Costs, then the amount of 
the check should be $19.50 (78 pages at 25 cents per page). If you 
request a copy of the Consent Decree with the above stated attachments, 
then the amount of the check should be $71.25 (285 pages at 25 cents 
per page). The check should be made payable to the Consent Decree 
Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-3492 Filed 2-11-97; 8:45 am]
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