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

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is

hereby given that on July 26, 1994, a proposed Consent Decree in United

States v. Elinco Associates, L.P., Civil No. 3:94CV1230, was lodged

with the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut

to resolve this matter. The proposed Consent Decree concerns the

response to the existence of hazardous substances at the Kellogg

Deering Well Field Site located in Norwalk, Connecticut pursuant to the

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act,

as amended.

Under the terms of the Consent Decree, Elinco Associates and Cofat

and Partners will reimburse the United States $255,000 for costs

incurred for the first and second operable units at the Site up to

October 12, 1993. In addition, if Elinco sells the portion of the Site

property that it owns, it will pay to the United States a portion of

proceeds remaining, if any, after payment of an existing mortgage. The

settlers also will pay a civil penalty of $30,000 for their failure to

comply with a Unilateral Administrative Order issued to them by the

Environmental Protection Agency requiring them to undertake response

actions 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

proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant

Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources Division,

Department of Justice, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, D.C. 20044,

and should refer to United States v. Elinco Associates, L.P., D.J. Ref.

90-11-2-582B.

The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Region 1 Office

of the Environmental Protection Agency, One Congress Street, Boston,

Massachusetts. Copies of the Consent Decree may be examined at the

Environmental Enforcement Section Document Center, 1120 G Street NW.,

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

Document Center. In requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced

case and enclose a check in the amount of $8.75 (25 cents per page

reproduction cost) made payable to Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 94-22330 Filed 9-8-94; 8:45 am]

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