[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 225 (Friday, November 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 62348]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30586]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on October 31, 1997, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. Caribe General Electric Products, Inc., and 
General Electric Company, No. 96-1366 (D.P.R.), was lodged with the 
United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.
    In this action the United States sought, pursuant to Sections 
107(a) and 113(b) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. Secs. 9607(a) 
and 9613(b), recovery of past costs and a declaratory judgment for 
future costs concerning the General Electric Wiring Devices Superfund 
Site, located in Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico. In the proposed consent 
decree, the settling parties, Caribe General Electric Products, Inc., 
and General Electric Company, agree to pay to the United States 
$612,500.00 for past response costs and future oversight costs, to 
provide the Environmental Protection Agency with access to their 
property pursuant to a 1984 Administrative Order on Consent, and to 
covenant not to sue the United States.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 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. 
Caribe General Electric Products, Inc., and General Electric Company, 
No. 96-1366 (D.P.R.), D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-1157.
    The consent decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, District of Puerto Rico, Federal Building, Room 452, 
Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico 00918, at U.S. EPA Region II, 290 
Broadway, New York, NY 10007-1866, and at the Consent Decree Library, 
1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. 
A copy of the 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 $13.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent 
Decree Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-30586 Filed 11-20-97; 8:45 am]
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