[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 101 (Thursday, May 26, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 30484]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-10486]


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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 April 1, 2005, an electronic version 
of a proposed consent decree was lodged in United States v. Helena 
Chemical Company, Civil Action No. 1:05-985 (D.S.C.). The consent 
decree settles the United States' claims against Helena Chemical 
Company under section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607, in 
connection with the Helena Chemical Superfund Sites: The Helena 
Superfund Site located on Highway 321 South, approximately one mile 
south of Fairfax, Allendale County, South Carolina and the Helena 
Superfund Site located at 2405 North 71st Street in Tampa, Hillsborough 
County, Florida (the ``Sites''). The proposed decree is a final consent 
decree for past and future costs incurred at both sites. Under the 
terms of the consent decree, Defendant, Helena Chemical Company, will 
pay to the United States the sum of $998,500.00 plus interest for past 
costs incurred by the United States in connection with remedial action 
at both sites to be paid in six installments within 630 days of entry 
of the Lodged consent decree. Defendant also agrees to pay all future 
oversight costs incurred by the United States in connection with 
remedial actions at both sites.
    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. Helena Chemical Company, Civil Action No. 1:05-985 
(D.S.C.) and DOJ 90-11-3-07136.
    The consent decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney for the District of South Carolina, 1441 Main Street, 
Columbia, South Carolina 29201. During the public comment period, the 
consent decree may 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 $6.75 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Ellen M. Mahan,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 05-10486 Filed 5-25-05; 8:45 am]
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