[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 127 (Wednesday, July 2, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 35836]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-17311]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United 
States v. Rohm and Haas Co., Civil Action No. 96-347P, was lodged on 
June 26, 1997 with the United States District Court for the District of 
Rhode Island. Defendant Rohm and Haas Co. was a generator of wastes 
containing hazardous substances which were disposed of at the Picillo 
Farm Site (``Site'') at Coventry, Rhode Island.
    The complaint filed by the United States under Sections 107(a) and 
113(g)(2) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 107(a) and 113(g)(2), against Rohm and 
Haas Co. sought unreimbursed costs incurred and to be incurred related 
to the cleanup of groundwater at the Site under the 1993 Record of 
Decision (``ROD''). Under the terms of the proposed decree, defendant 
will pay the United States $4.35 million in unreimbursed past response 
costs relating to the performance of the Remedial Investigation/
Feasibility Study pertaining to groundwater contamination and the 
issuance of the 1993 ROD, $110,000 in future unreimbursed costs of 
oversight of implementation of the Picillo ROD, and $69,000 for 
settlement of federal natural resource damage claims for resources 
under the trusteeship of the United States Department of Interior.
    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. Rohm and Haas Co., D.J. reference #90-11-2-985A.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island, Westminster 
Square Building, 10 Dorrance Street, Providence, RI 02903; Region I, 
Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 90 Canal Street, Boston, 
Massachusetts, 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 enclose a check in the amount 
of $8.25 (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. 97-17311 Filed 7-1-97; 8:45 am]
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