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

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

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

Section 122(d)(2) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,

Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9622(d)(2),

notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States,

et al., v. Ford Motor Company, Civil Action No. 91-CV-130-B, was lodged

on November 8, 1994, with the United States District Court for the

District of New Hampshire. The proposed decree resolves the United

States' claims under CERCLA against defendant Ford Motor Company

(``Ford'') with respect to the Tibbetts Road Superfund Site, in

Barrington, New Hampshire. Ford is a generator that arranged to have

hazardous substances sent to the Site for disposal. Under the terms of

the proposed decree, Ford will perform the groundwater cleanup remedy

selected by EPA for the Site, and will reimburse certain past and

future response costs incurred or to be incurred by the United States

and the State of New Hampshire. Ford will also pay $480,000 to the

Swains Lake Village Water District for upgrading the alternate drinking

water supply system and will pay 75% of the operation and maintenance

costs of the system until the groundwater remedy is completed and

performance standards are achieved.

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 for the Environment and Natural Resources Division,

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

United States, et al., v. Ford Motor Company, DOJ Ref. # 90-11-2-341A.

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

United States Attorney, 55 Pleasant Street, Concord, New Hampshire

03301; the Region I Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, John

F. Kennedy Federal Building, Boston, Massachusetts; 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, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy please

refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of

$131.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent

Decree Library.

Bruce Gelber,

Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 94-29871 Filed 12-5-94; 8:45 am]

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