[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 117 (Thursday, June 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 33395]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16211]


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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 18, 1998. The proposed Consent Decree resolves 
the United States' claims against Power Semiconductors, Inc. and Swan 
Engraving Company (``Settling Defendants''), under Sections 106 and 
107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and 
Liability Act (``CERCLA''), as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), concerning 
response action at the Davis Liquid Waste Superfund Site located in 
Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island (the ``Davis Site'').
    Under the terms of the Consent Decree the Settling Defendants are 
required to pay $74,375 to the United States in partial reimbursement 
of the United States' past and future costs. Swan Engraving Company's 
share of this amount, $63,750, will be paid in three equal payments 
over two years. In addition, the Settling Defendants are 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 Environmental 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, NW 4th Floor, Washington, DC 
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 $11.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs) 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resource Division.
[FR Doc. 98-16211 Filed 6-17-98; 8:45 am]
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