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

Notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United

States v. Caribe General Electric Products, Inc., Civil Action No. 90-

2287CCC, was lodged on December 8, 1995, with the United States

District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.

The Second Amended Complaint in the Caribe General Electric

Products action was filed pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601

et seq., to recover costs incurred by the United States in taking

response actions in connection with the Vega Alta Public Supply Wells

Superfund Site (``Site'') located in the municipality of Vega Alta,

Puerto Rico. The proposed Consent Decree embodies an agreement by

defendants Caribe General Electric Products, Inc., Motorola Telcarro de

Puerto Rico, Inc., Harman Puerto Rico Automotive, Inc., the West

Company of Puerto Rico, Inc., and Unisys Corporation to be jointly and

severally liable for the payment of $2,650,000 to the United States in

order to reimburse the United States for past costs incurred at the

Site through about November 1993. In addition, all of these defendants,

as well as the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company, the

remaining defendant, have agreed to provide the United States with

access to any property that they own or control to which access is

required for implementation of response 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

Uunited States v. Caribe General Electric Products, Inc., DOJ Ref. #90-

11-3-269. The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Region 2

Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, 17th

Floor, New York, NY 10007-1866 (contact Marla Wieder at 212-637-3184),

at the United States Attorney's Office located at the Federal Building,

Room 101, Carlos Chandon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico 00918 (contact

Rosa Rodriguez at 809-766-5656), 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. In requesting a copy, please refer to the

referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $6.75 for a copy

of the Consent Decree (25 cents per page reproduction costs) payable to

the Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 95-31056 Filed 12-20-95; 8:45 am]

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