[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 219 (Wednesday, November 13, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68092-68093]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-27050]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On November 5, 2013, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
consent decree amendment with the United States District Court for the 
District of South Carolina in the lawsuit entitled United States of 
America v. AILS, LLC, as successor-in-interest to ABCO Industries, 
Ltd., et al., Civil Action No. 6:92-cv-0153-20, regarding the remedial 
action at the Medley Farm Superfund Site located in Gaffney, Cherokee 
County, South Carolina (``Site'').
    In 1992, the Court entered a consent decree in the matter of United 
States v. ABCO Industries, Ltd., et al., (``1992 Consent Decree'') 
under which defendants agreed to perform the remedial action at the 
Site consistent with the Environmental Protection Agency's (``EPA's'') 
1991 Record of Decision. The 1992 Consent Decree required defendants 
to, among other things, utilize a groundwater pump-and-treat system to 
address contaminated groundwater. The effectiveness of this system 
declined through time. In 2012, EPA issued an Amended Record of 
Decision, amending the groundwater component of the remedy to employ 
enhanced reductive dechlorination as an active treatment process to 
address groundwater contamination, and selecting monitored natural 
attenuation as the contingency remedy. The proposed consent decree 
amendment includes the revised groundwater cleanup remedy and 
contingency remedy of the 2012 Amended Record of Decision and addresses 
other changes such as to the names of defendants. The consent decree 
amendment was signed by the following defendants: AILS, LLC, as 
successor-in-interest to ABCO Industries, Ltd.; BASF Corporation; 
Colonial Heights Packaging Inc.; Ethox Chemicals, LLC; Expert 
Management Inc. on behalf of National Starch and Chemical Company; 
Henkel Corporation, as successor-in-interest to Tanner Chemicals, Inc., 
f/k/a/Evode-Tanner; and Milliken & Company.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the consent decree amendment. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
and should refer to United States v. AILS, LLC as successor-in-interest 
to ABCO Industries, Ltd., et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-104A. All 
comments must be submitted no later than thirty (30) days after the 
publication date of this notice. Comments may be submitted either by 
email or by mail:

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            To submit comments:                     Send them to:
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By email..................................  [email protected].

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By mail...................................  Assistant Attorney General,
                                             U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box
                                             7611, Washington, DC 20044-
                                             7611.
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    During the public comment period, the consent decree amendment may 
be examined and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. We will provide a paper copy 
of the consent decree amendment upon written request and payment of 
reproduction costs. Please mail your request and payment to: Consent 
Decree Library, U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-
7611.
    Please enclose a check or money order for $75.50 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury. For a paper 
copy without the appendices, the cost is $8.75.

Henry S. Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-27050 Filed 11-12-13; 8:45 am]
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