Lodging a Final Judgment by Consent Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Lodging a Final Judgment by Consent Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

Notice is hereby given that on Sept. 29, 1994, a proposed De

Minimis consent decree in United States v. Aluminum Company of America,

et al. was lodged with the United States District Court for the Eastern

District of Pennsylvania, Civil Action No. 89-7421. The decree pertains

to the Moyer Landfill Site in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. The proposed

consent decree resolves the liability under Section 107 of CERCLA, 42

Sec. 9607, for response costs incurred and to be incurred by the United

States and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, of twenty-two original and

third-party defendants.

The proposed consent decree requires the Settlors to pay the United

States $3,478,626.00, which equals 100% of their share of past and

estimated future response costs at the Site, plus a 213% premium on

these past and future costs. The proposed settlors are as follows: Air

Products & Chemicals, Inc., Ajax/Acorn Manufacturing, Inc., Aluminum

Co. of America, American Packaging Corp., formerly American Bag & Paper

Corporation, Beazer East, Inc., formerly Koppers Company, Inc.,

Bethlehem Steel Corporation, the Borough of Prospect Park, Bridgestone/

Firestone, Inc.; Chamberlain Manufacturing Corporation, Johnson Matthey

Inc., formerly Matthey Bishop, Inc., Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical

Corp., Lancaster Metals Science Corporation, Lukens Steel Company

(formerly Lukens, Inc.), M.A. Industries, Inc., Merck & Co., Inc.,

National Starch and Chemical NL Industries, Inc., Occidental Chemical

Corp., Paramount Packaging Corporation, Public Service Electric and Gas

Company, Stroehmann Bakeries, Inc., Techalloy Co., Inc., and Uniform

Tubes, Inc.

The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the

proposed consent decree for a period of thirty days from the date of

publication of this notice. Comments should be addressed to the

Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division,

Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., 20530, and should refer to

United States v. Aluminum Company of America, et al. (E.D. Pa.) and DOJ

Ref. No. 90-11-3-145. The proposed consent decree may be examined at

the office of the United States Attorney, Eastern District of

Pennsylvania, 615 Chestnut Street, Suite 1250, Philadelphia, PA 19106-

4476 or at the office of the Environmental Protection Agency, Region

III, 841 Chestnut Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107. A copy

of the proposed consent decree may also be examined at the Consent

Decree Library, 601 Pennsylvania Avenue Building, N.W., Box 1097,

Washington, D.C. 20004 (202) 347-2072. A copy of the proposed consent

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

Library. In requesting a copy please enclose a check in the amount of

$17.25 (25 cents per page reproduction costs) payable to ``Consent

Decree Library''.

Bruce S. Gelber,

Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources

Division.

[FR Doc. 94-25817 Filed 10-18-94; 8:45 am]

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