[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 26, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28522-28523]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13826]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, 38 FR 19029, 
and 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. William Davis, et al., Civ. Action No. 90-
0484-T, was lodged in the United States District Court for the District 
of Rhode Island on May 15, 1998. The proposed Consent Decree resolves 
the United States' claims against National Starch & Chemical Co. under 
sections 106 and 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental

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Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), as amended, 42 
U.S.C. 9607(a), concerning response actions at the Davis Liquid Waste 
Superfund Site located in Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island 
(the ``Davis Site'').
    Under the terms of the Consent Decree, National Starch & Chemical 
Co. is required to pay $2,125,000 in two payments over two years to the 
United States in partial reimbursement of the United States' past and 
future costs. In addition, National Starch & Chemical Co. is jointly 
and severally responsible along with United Technologies Corp. 
(``UTC'') and other previous settlers for the source control portion of 
the remedy at the Site.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, written 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, D.C. 20530, and should 
refer to United States v. William Davis, et al., Civ. Action No. 90-
0484-T, DOJ #90-11-2-137B.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, District of Rhode Island, Westminster Square 
Building, 10 Dorrance Street, 10th Floor, Providence, Rhode Island 
02903; at the Region I Office of the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, 90 Canal Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02203; and at the 
Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, 
D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. Copies of the 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 enclose a check in the amount of $7.25 (25 cents per page 
reproduction costs) payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-13826 Filed 5-22-98; 8:45 am]
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