[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 168 (Monday, August 31, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46237-46238]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23334]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on August 24, 1998, 
a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Zeneca Inc., Civ. No. 1-
98-0096, was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
Middle District of Tennessee.
    In this action against Zeneca, Inc., (``Zeneca'') the United States 
sought to recover civil penalties and enjoin violations of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. 300f, et seq., and the implementing 
Underground Injection Control regulations, 40 CFR 144.28, the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.,  the Clean Water 
Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq., and the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7413. The 
United States also sought relief under the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9606. Zeneca 
operates a chemical manufacturing facility in Mount Pleasant, 
Tennessee.
    This settlement resolves civil claims pending against Zeneca at its 
Mount Pleasant facility. The proposed Decree provides that Zeneca will 
pay a civil penalty of $3.5 million, and undertake two pollution 
prevention Supplemental Environmental Projects (``SEPs'') at a

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cost of $2.5 million. Under the Decree, up to $500,000 of the penalty 
can be mitigated through SEPs. The proposed Decree provides for 
cessation of underground injection by May 1999, interim reductions in 
the underground injection of contaminants, and extensive RCRA 
corrective action at nine hazardous waste disposal sites.
    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, DC 20530, and should refer to United States v. 
Zeneca, Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-7-1-849.
    The consent decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, 110 Ninth Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37203-3870, at 
U.S. EPA Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, and 
at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 3rd Floor, 
Washington, DC 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, NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy, 
please enclose a check in the amount of $21.75 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-23334 Filed 8-28-98; 8:45 am]
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