[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 186 (Thursday, September 25, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 55413]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-24302]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on September 11, 2003, a proposed 
Consent Decree in United States v. Bayer CropScience, Inc., Civil 
Action No. 5:03CV00080 was lodged with the United States District Court 
for the Western District of Virginia.
    In this action the United States sought to recover costs incurred 
in responding to the release or threatened release of hazardous 
substances into the environment from the Stauffer Chemical Company 
Superfund Site, located in Warren County, Virginia, near the town of 
Bentonville. The Consent Decree will recover five hundred fifty-seven 
thousand dollars ($557,000) in past response costs from bayer 
CropScience, Inc., successor-in-interest to Stauffer Chemical Company. 
In exchange for this payment, Bayer CropScience, Inc. will receive a 
release from liability, subject to certain conditions, for response 
costs incurred by the United States proper to the lodging of this 
Consent Decree. In addition, Bayer CropScience, Inc. will receive 
protection from contribution actions for recovery of past response 
costs incurred prior to the lodging of this 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 Consent 
Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. Bayer CropScience, Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-07910.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, 105 Franklin Street, Suite 1, Roanoke, Virginia, and 
at U.S. EPA Region III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 
During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may also be 
examined on the following Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the Consent Decree may also be 
obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611 or by faxing or e-
mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood ([email protected]), fax 
no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In 
requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $5.25 (25 
cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 03-24302 Filed 9-24-03; 8:45 am]
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