[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 191 (Thursday, October 2, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 56851]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-24933]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA'')

    Consistent with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, 38 FR 19029, and 
42 U.S.C. 9622(d), notice is hereby given that on September 15, 2003, a 
proposed consent decree in United States v. Mallinckrodt Baker, Inc., 
et al., Civil Action No. 03-417S, was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the District of Rhode Island.
    In this action the United States sought recovery of response costs 
pursuant to Section 107(a) of CERCLA, for costs incurred related to the 
Davis Liquid Waste Site in Smithfield, Rhode Island. The consent decree 
requires three generator defendants to pay $1,400,00, of which the 
United States will receive $660,000. The remaining portion will go to 
the State of Rhode Island and National Starch and Chemical Co. 
(``National Starch''), a contribution plaintiff.
    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. Mallinckrodt Baker, Inc., et al., D.J. Ref. 
90-11-2-137/1.
    The consent decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Fleet Center, 50 Kennedy Plaza, 8th Floor, Providence, 
Rhode Island 02903 (contact AUSA Michael Iannotti), and at U.S. EPA 
Region I, One Congress Street, Suite 1100, Mail Code SES, Boston, MA 
02114 (contact Ruthann Sherman). 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 from the Consent Decree 
Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $10.50 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Ronald G. Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 03-24933 Filed 10-1-03; 8:45 am]
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