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 CFR 50.7, and 42 U.S.C.

9622(d)(2), notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in

United States v. Chemical Leaman Tank Lines, Inc., Civil No. 95-4264 a

civil action filed on or about July 10, 1995, was lodged on July 10,

1995, with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of

Pennsylvania. As described above, the complaint was filed

simultaneously with the lodging of the consent decree.

Under the consent decree, Chemical Leaman Tank Lines, Inc., a

generator of hazardous substances disposed of at the site and the only

viable responsible party: (1) Will perform the remaining Site remedy

(involving the excavation of contaminated soils, thermal desorption of

the volatile organic compounds the soils contain, and treatment of the

air emissions from the desorption unit) as well as the interim

groundwater remedy consisting of a groundwater study and interim pump

and treat remedy; (2) pay $1.571 million, over time, towards the costs

that EPA has incurred and will incur to implement an alternative water

supply to those private houses which draw their drinking and washing

water from the aquifer underlying the Site; and (3) reimburse all of

EPA's past costs ($420,296) over a two year period. Ultimately,

Chemical Leaman will bear about 94% of the total costs of cleaning up

the site. Chemical Leaman will also pay a civil penalty of $260,000 for

violating an EPA administrative order.

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. Chemical Leaman Tank Lines, Inc., DOJ Ref. #90-11-2-

746.

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

United States Attorney, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 615 Chestnut

Street, Suite 1250, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19106-4476; the Region

III Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 841 Chestnut

Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107; 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 of the proposed

decree, please refer to the referenced case, the decree requested, and

enclose a check in the amount of $27.00 (25

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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. 95-19040 Filed 8-2-95; 8:45 am]

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