Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water Act; Hercules, Inc.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water

Act; Hercules, Inc.

In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 C.F.R. Sec. 50.7, notice

is hereby given that on October 17, 1994, a proposed Consent Decree in

United States v. Hercules Incorporated, Civil Action No. 94-30236-MAP,

was lodged with the United States District Court for the District of

Massachusetts resolving the matters alleged in a complaint filed

simultaneously with the Consent Decree. The proposed Consent Decree

concerns violations by Hercules of the Clean Water Act (``CWA''), 33

U.S.C. Secs. 1251, et seq., at Hercules' chemicals and emulsions

manufacturing facility in Chicopee, Massachusetts. The CWA violations

alleged in the complaint include discharges of pollutants in excess of

federal Categorical Pretreatment Standards, National Prohibited

Discharge Standards, and local limitations established by the Chicopee

wastewater treatment plant.

Under the terms of the Consent Decree, the defendant will pay a

civil penalty of $250,000 to the United States for past violations of

the CWA, and complete supplemental environmental projects at a

projected cost of $375,000. In addition, Hercules will be required to

comply with federal and local pretreatment standards and the National

Prohibited Discharge Standard for pH, as well as comply with

monitoring, sampling, and reporting requirements.

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, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United

States v. Hercules Incorporated, D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-4061.

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

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

Massachusetts, and at the Office of the United States Attorney,

District of Massachusetts, 1003 J.W. McCormick P.O. & Courthouse,

Boston, MA 02109, c/o George B. Henderson and at the Consent Decree

Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 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, NW.,

4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy, please enclose a

check in the amount of $7.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost

excluding attachment) payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Bruce Gelber,

Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 94-27340 Filed 11-3-94; 8:45 am]

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