[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 17 (Tuesday, January 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 3921]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1920]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as 
Amended

    Consistent with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, 38 FR 19029, and 
42 U.S.C. 9622(d), notice is hereby given that on January 8, 1998, a 
proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Abbott Laboratories, et 
al., Civil Action No. 98-1013-JAF, was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. The proposed Consent 
Decree will resolve the United States' claims under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 
42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency (``EPA'') against defendants Abbott Laboratories, American 
Cyanamid Company, Browning-Ferris Industries of Puerto Rico, Inc., E.I. 
DuPont de Nemours & Company, Merck & Company, Inc., the Municipality of 
Barceloneta, Pharmacia & Upjohn Caribe Inc., Roche Products, Inc., 
Schering-Plough Products, Inc., and Union Carbide Corporation relating 
to the Barceloneta Landfill Superfund Site (``Site'') located near the 
Municipality of Barceloneta, Puerto Rico. The Complaint alleges that 
each of the defendants is liable under Sections 106 and 107(a) of 
CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607.
    Pursuant to the Consent Decree, the settling defendants will 
implement the remedy selected in the July 5, 1996 Record of Decision 
(the ``ROD'') for the Site, now estimated to cost approximately $10.5 
million, reimburse the United States for $425,000 of past costs, and 
make payment of EPA's future response costs, as defined in the Consent 
Decree, and up to $400,000 of EPA's oversight costs.
    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. Any 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. Abbott Laboratories, et al., Civil Action No. 
98-1013-JAF, D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-1574.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, District of Puerto Rico, Federal Building, 
Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, 00918 and at Region II, Office 
of the Environmental Protection Agency, 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 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 enclose a check (there is a 25 cent per 
page reproduction cost) in the amount of $69.25 payable to the Consent 
Decree Library. If a copy of the Consent Decree without the attachments 
is sufficient, please specify that fact and enclose a check in the 
amount of $26.00.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-1920 Filed 1-26-98; 8:45 am]
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