[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67895-67896]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33821]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with Section 122(d) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended, 42 
U.S.C. 9622(d), and the policy of the United States Department of 
Justice, as provided in 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on 
December 9, 1997, three proposed Consent Decrees in United States v. 
Estate of J.M. Taylor, et al., Civ. No. C-89-231-R, were lodged with 
the United States District Court for the Middle District of North 
Carolina. These Consent Decrees concern the Aberdeen Pesticides Dumps 
Superfund Site in Aberdeen, North Carolina. The Site is comprised of 
five non-contiguous Areas: the Farm Chemicals, Twin Sites, Fairway Six, 
Route 211 and McIver Dump Areas. Pesticides were formulated at the Farm 
Chemicals Area from the late 1930's until 1987. The Twin Sties and 
Fairway Six Areas were disposal locations for pesticide wastes from the 
formulation plant on the Farm Chemicals Area. Pesticide wastes from 
another pesticide formulation plant in Aberdeen were disposed of at the 
Twin Sites, Fairway Six, Route 211 and McIver Dump Areas.
    Under the first of the three Consent Decrees, nine corporate 
defendants (Bayer Corp.; Dupont; Grower Service Corp.; Kaiser Aluminum 
& Chemical Corp.; Mobil Oil Corp.; Novartis Crop Protection (formerly 
Ciba-Geigy); Olin Corp. Shell Oil Co.; and in Aberdeen were disposed of 
at the Twin Sites, Fairway Six, Route 211 and McIver Dump Areas.

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    Under the first of the three Consent Decrees, nine corporate 
defendants (Bayer Corp.; Dupont; Grower Service Corp.; Kaiser Aluminum 
& Chemical Corp.; Mobil Oil Corp.; Novartis Crop Protection (formerly 
Ciba-Geigy); Olin Corp. Shell Oil Co.; and Union Carbide Corp.) agree 
to implement the remedial design and remedial action for EPA's selected 
remedies for contaminated soil and groundwater at all five Areas 
comprising the Site and to pay $8,568,686.01 of the United States' past 
response costs, plus future oversight costs. This decree is referred to 
as the ``RD/RA Decree.''
    Under the second Consent Decree, Yadco of Pinehurst will pay 
$125,000 in partial reimbursement of the United States' response costs. 
This second Decree is referred to as the ``Yadco Decree.''
    Under the third Consent Decree, Dan Maples, Partners in the Pits; 
Pits Management Corp. and Maples Golf Construction will collectively 
pay $600,000 in partial reimbursement of the United States' response 
costs. This third Decree is referred to as the ``Maples Decree.''
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments concerning the 
proposed Consent Decrees. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. 
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, D.C., 20044, and 
should refer to United States v. Estate of J.M. Taylor, et al., D.J. 
Ref. 90-11-3-323.
    The proposed Consent Decrees may be examined at any of the 
following offices: (1) The Office of the United States Attorney for the 
Middle District of North Carolina, 101 South Edgeworth, Greensboro, 
North Carolina; (2) the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 
100 Alabama Street, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia; and (3) the Consent Decree 
Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005 
(telephone (202) 624-0892).
    A copy of the proposed Consent Decrees may be obtained in person or 
by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th 
Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. Please refer to the reference case and 
identify the particular decrees desired. There is a photocopying charge 
of $0.25 per page. All checks should be made payable to ``Consent 
Decree Library.''
    For a copy of the RD/RA Consent Decree with all attachments, please 
enclose a check for $136.00. For a copy of the RD/RA Decree without the 
attachments, enclose a check for $43.25.
    For a copy of the Yadco Consent Decree, please enclose a check for 
$6.75. For a copy of the Maples Consent Decree enclose a check for 
$8.75. There are no attachments to the Yadco or Maples Consent Decrees.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment & Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-33821 Filed 12-29-97; 8:45 am]
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