[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 131 (Wednesday, July 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 36844]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-17924]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with Departmental policy, notice is hereby given that 
a proposed consent decree in United States v. Velsicol Chemical 
Corporation, No. 4:49-CV-258-HLM, was lodged on June 17, 1997 with the 
United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. 
Under the consent decree the United States is settling claims against 
Defendant Velsicol Chemical Corporation under Section 107 of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
of 1980, as amended, (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607, in connection with 
the Shaver's Farm Site in northern Georgia. Pursuant to the Consent 
Decree Velsicol will reimburse the Superfund $6,280,560.
    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. Velsicol Chemical Corpoation, DOJ Ref. #90-11-2-886. The 
proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the United 
States Attorney, Richard Russell Bldg., Rm. 1800, 75 Spring Street, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30335; the Region IV Office of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3104; 
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 in the amount of $5.25 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environmental and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-17924 Filed 7-8-97; 8:45 am]
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