[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 157 (Thursday, August 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 43550]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21462]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Partial Consent Decree Under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that on July 31, 1997, a proposed partial 
consent decree in United States v. The North American Group Ltd., et 
al., Civil Action No. 3:97-CV-191-H was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Western District of North Carolina.
    The partial consent decree resolves claims under 107 of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
of 1980, 42 U.S.C. 9607, as amended, as to the State of North Carolina, 
Noble Oil Services, Federal Agencies and the 58 settling defendants 
listed in Attachment A to the Partial Consent Decree, for response 
costs that were incurred by the United States Environmental Protection 
Agency in connection with responding to the release and threatened 
release of hazardous substances at the Cherokee Site (``Site'') in 
Charlotte, North Carolina.
    The proposed consent decree provides that to resolve their 
liability to the United States for the response costs described above, 
the aforementioned entities will make the following payments: (1) The 
State of North Carolina will pay $27,118; (2) the Federal Agencies will 
pay $367,882; (3) Noble Oil Services will pay $10,000 within thirty 
days of the entry of the partial consent decree and will make seven 
quarterly installment payments of $14,533.50, the last of which will be 
paid on or before July 15, 1999; the remaining settling defendants will 
pay $3,657,500.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the partial 
consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department 
of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to United States 
v. The North American Group Ltd., et. al, D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-1173.
    The partial consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Suite 1700 Carillon Building, 227 West Trade 
St., Charlotte, North Carolina, at U.S. EPA Region IV, 61 Forsythe St., 
N.E., 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 partial 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. When requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the 
amount of $22.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the 
Consent Decree Library.
Walker Smith,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-21462 Filed 8-13-97; 8:45 am]
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