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

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## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Uncategorized Document
- **Published:** December 6, 1994

## Text

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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