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, notice is hereby given that

a proposed consent decree in United States v. Carolina Chemicals, Inc.,

Civil Action No. 3:93-2894-21, was lodged on December 14, 1994 with the

United States District Court for the District of South Carolina,

Columbia Division in connection with Carolina Chemicals, Inc. Superfund

Site in West Columbia, South Carolina. Under the consent decree the

United States will recover $5,631,000.00 from the following defendants:

Hercules Incorporated, Eli Lilly and Company, The Boots Company (USA),

Inc., Nor-Am Chemical Company, Norfolk Southern Railway Company,

Richland-Lexington Airport District, Shell Oil Company, Ciba-Geigy

Corporation and Mr. James T. Wilds, Jr.

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 v. Carolina Chemicals, Inc., DOJ Ref. #90-112-859.

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

United States Attorney, 1441 Main Street, Suite 500, Columbia, South

Carolina (803) 929-3000; the Region IV Office of the Environmental

Protection Agency, 345 Courtland Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30365; 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 $6.25 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent

Decree Library.

John C. Cruden,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 94-31667 Filed 12-23-94; 8:45 am]

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