[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 190 (Friday, October 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 53415]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25509]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Relating to the Halby 
Chemical Superfund Site in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, 
Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act

    Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 9622(d), notice hereby is given that a 
proposed consent decree in United States v. Witco Corporation and the 
Pyrites Company, Civil Action No. 99-628 was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the District of Delaware, on September 17, 
1999.
    This action was commenced pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 
U.S.C. 9601, et seq. in connection with the Halby Chemical Superfund 
Site located in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. (See the 
National Priorities List in 40 CFR part 300, appendix B).
    Pursuant to this consent decree, the Witco Corporation and the 
Pyrites Company have agreed to perform the Operable Unit 2 remedial 
design and remedial action at the Halby Superfund Site (the ``Site''). 
and to reimburse the United States approximately $6.2 million in 
response costs, plus interest, incurred by the United States in 
connection with the Site.
    The consent decree includes a covenant not to sue by the United 
States under Sections 106 and 107 of CERLA, and under Section 7003 of 
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 6973.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed consent decrees for a period of 30 days from the date of this 
publication. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department 
of Justice, Washington, DC 20530 (attention: Lisa Cherup). All comments 
should refer to ``United States v. Witco Corporation and the Pyrites 
Company, (Halby Chemical Superfund Site), DJ 90-11-2-719B.'' 
Additionally, commenters may request an opportunity for a public 
meeting in the affected area, in accordance with Section 7003(d) of 
RCRA.
    The proposed consent decrees may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, 1201 Market 
Street, Ste. 1100, P.O. Box 2046, Wilmington, Delaware 19801, and at 
the office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, 
1650 Arch Street, Fifth Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029 (attention 
Patricia C. Miller, Assistant Regional Counsel, 215-814-2662). A copy 
of the proposed consent decrees may be obtained by mail from the 
Department of Justice Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, 
Washington, DC 20004. In requesting a copy, please refer to the above-
referenced DJ number, and enclose a check in the amount of $26.00 
(twenty-five cents per page reproduction costs) for the Consent Decree 
(104 pages total), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment & Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-25509 Filed 9-30-99; 8:45 am]
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