Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, ``CERCLA''

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, ``CERCLA''

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

hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. Pretty

Products, Inc., et al, Civil Action No. C2-91-074 (S.D. Ohio), was

lodged on October 28, 1994 with the United States District Court for

the Southern District of Ohio. The decree resolves claims against

Pretty Products, Inc. and the Lancaster Colony Corporation, under

Sections 104(e) and 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,

Compensation and Liability Act, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C.

9604(e) and 9607, in connection with a hazardous waste site known as

the Coshocton Landfill site (the ``Site'') located in Coshocton County,

Ohio. The proposed decree requires defendant, Pretty Products, to pay

to the Hazardous Substance Superfund, as reimbursement for response

costs previously incurred by the United States in connection with the

Site, the sum of $1,750,000, with interest from July 1, 1994. In

addition, Defendants will pay costs incurred by the United States in

overseeing remedial action work that is being undertaken by other

Potentially Responsible Parties (``PRPs'') at the Site, to the extent

that such oversight costs are not reimbursable under a separate

settlement between the United States and those other PRPs.

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, Environment and Natural Resources Division,

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United

States v. Pretty Products, Inc., et al, D.J. reference #90-11-2-214A.

The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the

United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Nationwide

Bank Building, 280 N. High Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215; the Region V

Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson

boulevard, Chicago, Illinois; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G

Street NW., 4th floor, Washington, DC 20004, (202) 624-0892. 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 $7.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs),

payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Bruce S. Gelber,

Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 94-27956 Filed 11-10-94; 8:45 am]

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