[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 41 (Thursday, March 3, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 10411]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-4044]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on February 11, 
2005, a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. FTR, LP, et al., 
Civil Action No. 04-CV-930 was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the District of South Carolina, Rock Hill Division.
    In this action, brought pursuant to section 107 of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(``the Act''), 42 U.S.C. 9607, the United States seeks reimbursement 
for response costs incurred by EPA at the Carolina Steel Drum Superfund 
Site (``Site'') located in Rock Hill, York County, South Carolina 
against twenty Defendants, who the United States alleges arranged for 
disposal of hazardous substances at this Site. Under the decree, 
fifteen settling Defendants--Akzo Nobel Coatings, Inc. (and its 
affiliate, Akzo Nobel Aerospace Coatings, Inc.; its predecessor, Dexter 
Corporation; and, another successor to Dexter Corporation, Invitrogen 
Corporation); Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.; Bayer CropScience, Inc. 
f/k/a Rhone-Poulenc, Inc.; Blackman Uhler Chemical Company; Boehme 
Filatex, Inc; Cognis Corporation; CNA Holdings, Inc.; Goodrich 
Corporation; Henry Company; Para-Chem Southern, Inc.; Piedmont Chemical 
Industries, Inc.; Reeves Brothers, Inc.; Sequa Corporation; Springs 
Industries, Inc.; and Wikoff Color Corporation (and its affiliate, 
Wikoff Color Corporation of SC) will make a collective payment of 
$3,536,394.82 to resolve their liability for EPA costs incurred to 
clean up 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 
proposed 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. FTR, LP et al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-07733.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, District of South Carolina, 1441 Main Street, 
Suite 500, Columbia, South Carolina, 29201, and at U.S. EPA Region IV, 
Atlanta Federal Building, 61 Forsyth Street, Atlanta, Georgia, 30303. 
During the public comment period, the proposed 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 proposed consent decree may 
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 $5.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) 
payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Ellen M. Mahan,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 05-4044 Filed 3-2-05; 8:45 am]
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