[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 223 (Wednesday, November 19, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65318-65319]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-28930]


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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 Section 122(i) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), and 28 
CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on June 12, 2003, a Partial 
Consent Decree among the United States, Blackman Uhler, Clariant Corp., 
and Southwire was docketed with the United States District Court for 
the Middle District of Georgia in the matter of United States v. 
American Cyanamid, et al., No. 1:02-CV-109-1 (M.D. Ga.) (Docket No. 
60).
    In that action, the United States seeks to recover from various 
Defendants, pursuant to Sections 107 and 113(g)(2) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as 
amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607 and 9613(g)(2), the costs incurred 
and to be incurred by the United States in responding to the release 
and/or threatened release of hazardous substances at and from the 
Stoller Chemical Company/Pelham Site (``Site'') in Pelham, Mitchell 
County, Georgia.
    Under the proposed Partial Consent Decree, Defendants Blackman 
Uhler, Clariant Corp., and Southwire collectively will pay $247,000 to 
the Hazardous Substances Superfund in reimbursement of the costs 
incurred by the United States at the site.
    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. American Cyanamid, et al., (M.D. Ga.) (Partial Consent 
Decree with Blackman Uhler, Clariant Corp., and Southwire, DOJ Ref. No. 
90-11-3-07602).
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Middle District of Georgia, Cherry St. Galleria, 4th 
Floor, 433

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Cherry St., Macon, GA 31201 ((478) 752-3511), and at EPA Region 4, 
Atlanta Federal Center, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303 
(contact Elizabeth Davis, Esq. (404) 562-9696). 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 Partial 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 refer to United States v. American 
Cyanamid, et al., (M.D. Ga.) (Partial Consent Decree with Blackman 
Uhler, Clariant Corp., and Southwire, DOJ Ref. No. 90-11-3-07602), and 
enclose a check in the amount of $6.50 (25 cents per page reproduction 
cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

W. Benjamin Fisherow,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment & Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 03-28930 Filed 11-18-03; 8:45 am]
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