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

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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, notice

is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. AAF

McQuay, Inc., et al., Case No. 3:95-2023-0 was lodged on June 30, 1995,

with the United States District Court for the District of South

Carolina. This settlement agreement resolves the claims asserted by the

United States in an enforcement action brought on behalf of the

Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') against 30 Potentially

Responsible Parties (``PRPs'') (referred to as the ``SEPCO Group'')

pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and

Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq. The complaint

alleges defendants are liable for CERCLA response costs incurred and to

be incurred by the United States at the ``Carolawn Superfund Site,'' an

approximately 60-acre property with an abandoned waste storage and

disposal facility located near Fort Lawn, South Carolina. The Site was

owned and operated as a waste storage and disposal facility by the now

defunct Carolawn Company, Southeastern Pollution Control Company

(``SEPCO''), and other prior owner/operators. Under the Consent Decree,

the SEPCO Group shall pay $292,500 (63%) of the $465,000 in outstanding

identified response costs associated with the remedial actions at the

Site.

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, DC 20530, and should refer to United

States v. AAF McQuay, Inc., et al., 90-11-2-1A.

The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the

United States Attorney, 1441 Main Street, Columbia, South Carolina, the

Region IV office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 345

Courtland Street, NE., Atlanta, GA 30365, 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, (202) 624-0892. In requesting a copy,

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

of $12.50 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the

Consent Decree Library.

Bruce S. Gelber,

Acting Chief, Environment and Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 95-18149 Filed 7-24-95; 8:45 am]

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