[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 128 (Thursday, July 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 36079]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-17437]


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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 Sec. 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 U.S. v. Larry Jones et al., 1:97-CV-73-1 
(M.D. Ga.), was lodged on May 15, 1997 with the United States District 
Court for the Middle District of Georgia. This Consent Decree resolves 
the action brought by the United States against the settling defendants 
pursuant to Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. Secs. 9606 and 
9607. The settling defendants are the past and present owners and 
operators of the T.H. Agriculture Site (``THAN Site'' or ``Site''), 
operable unit 2, located in Albany, Georgia.
    The Consent Decree requires the settling defendants to perform a 
remedial design/remedial action (``RD/RA'') for operable unit 2 at the 
Site. Further, the Consent Decree requires the settling defendants to 
reimburse the United States for all future response costs incurred by 
the United States at operable unit 2.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to proposed 
Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General for the Environmental and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to U.S. 
v. Larry Jones et al., DOJ #90-11-3-1061A.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, 345 Broad Avenue, Albany, Georgia; the Region 4 
office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 61 Forsyth Street, S.W., 
Atlanta, GA 30303; 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 refer to the referenced case 
and enclose a check for the reproduction costs. If you want a copy of 
the Consent Decree (plus attachments), then the amount of the check 
should be $43.75 (175 pages at 25 cents per page). The check should be 
made payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Walker Smith,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-17437 Filed 7-2-97; 8:45 am]
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