[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 5 (Tuesday, January 8, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 919]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-361]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. 
Rentokil Initial Environmental Services, et al., No. 00-0395-BH-S (S.D. 
Ala.) was lodged on December 21, 2001, with the United States District 
Court for the Southern District of Alabama. The consent decree settles 
claims against Rentokil Initial Environmental Services, Inc. 
(``Rentokil''), Saraland Apartments, Ltd., The Roar Company, The Estate 
of Robert S. Coit (deceased) and Meador Contracting Company under 
section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607, in connection with the 
Redwing Carriers, Inc., (Saraland) Superfund Site located Saraland, 
Alabama (the ``Site''). The consent decree requires Rentokil to perform 
the remedial action at the Site and the settling defendants will 
contribute, in cash or through the performance of the remedy, at least 
$9.26 million of $10.9 in total Site costs. The consent decree also 
resolves the United States' claims for treble punitive damages and 
fines against Rentokil and Saraland Apartments, Ltd. pursuant to 
section 107(c)(3), 42 U.S.C. 9607(c)(3) and section 106(b), 42 U.S.C. 
9606(b). Finally, the consent decree provides for full payment of 
Saraland's debt, secured by the Site, to the United States Department 
of Housing and Urban Development (HUD); provided the payment does not 
exceed $500,000. The settling defendants are also settling claims among 
themselves through the consent decree.
    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. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States v. Rentokil Initial Environmental Services, et al., No. 00-0395-
BH-S (S.D. Ala.) and DOJ# 90-11-2-635/1.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, Southern District of Alabama 63 Royal Street, 
Suite 600, Mobile, Alabama 36602 and the Region 4 Office of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, GA 
30303. A copy of the proposed consent decree may also be obtained by 
mail from the Consent Decree Library, PO Box 7611, Washington, DC 
20044-7611. In requesting a copy please refer to the referenced case 
and enclose a check in the amount of $45.25 (25 cents per page 
reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Ellen M. Mahan,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-361 Filed 1-7-02; 8:45 am]
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