Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as Amended

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as

Amended

In accordance with Department policy, 28 CFR 50.7 and 42 U.S.C.

9622(d)(2), notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in

United States v. Para-Chem Southern, Inc., Civil Action Number 6:94-

1973-3, was lodged on July 22, 1994, with the United States District

Court for the District of South Carolina, Greenville Division.

This case concerns an active latex, acrylic compounds and adhesives

manufacturing plant. Portions of the area surrounding the manufacturing

plant were used for disposal of process wastes. The facility is located

on a 100 acre parcel of land on State Highway 14 in Simpsonville, South

Carolina, known as the Para-Chem Southern, Inc. Superfund Site (the

``Site''). Pursuant to Sections 106 and 107 of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42

U.S.C. 9606 and 9607(a), the Complaint in this action seeks recovery of

all future costs to be incurred by the United States at the Site,\1\

and injunctive relief for the Site, namely, implementation of the

remedy selected by EPA in a Record of Decision (``ROD'') dated

September 27, 1993. The ROD provides for pumping and treatment of

groundwater combined with biological treatment of sludge as the

selected remedy for the Site.

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\1\The past costs were addressed in a Section 122(h)(1) Cost

Recovery Agreement entered on September 2, 1993.

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Defendant Para-Chem Southern, Inc. has agreed in the proposed

Consent Decree to pay the United States all future costs of overseeing

the implementation of the remedy which are estimated to be between

$300,000 and $1,000,000 depending upon which actions are necessitated.

Para-Chem also has agreed to implement the remedy selected by EPA for

the Site. The cost of the selected remedy is approximately $5,498,000.

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 Acting

Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources

Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should

refer to United States v. Pare-Chem Southern, Inc., DOJ Ref. #90-11-2-

919.

The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the

United States Attorney, District of South Carolina, 300 E. Washington

Street, Greenville, South Carolina; the Office of the United States

Environmental Protection Agency, Region IV, 345 Courtland Street, N.E.,

Atlanta, Georgia; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street,

N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the

proposed Consent Decree may be obtained in person or by mail from the

Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, DC

20005. In requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced case and

enclose a check in the amount of $63.00 (25 cents per page reproduction

costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library for a copy of the Consent

Decree with attachments (ROD, Statement of Work and Site map) or a

check in the amount of $20.75, for a copy of the proposed Consent

Decree without those attachments.

John C. Cruden,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 94-18948 Filed 8-3-94; 8:45 am]

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