Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive, Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA'')

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the

Comprehensive, Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

(``CERCLA'')

In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 C.F.R. 50.7, notice is

hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. Henkel

Corp. (N. D. Ga), Civil Action No. 4:95CV0024RLV was lodged on January

26, 1995, with the United States District Court for the Northern

District of Georgia. The consent settles an action brought under

Sections 106 and 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,

Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606 and

[[Page 9051]] 9607(a), for implementation of remedial action and

recovery of response costs incurred and to be incurred by the United

States at the Diamond Shamrock superfund site, located near the town of

Cedartown, in Polk County, Georgia. Under the consent decree, Henkel

Corporation will reimburse the United States for its past and future

response costs incurred in connection with the site, and implement the

remedy for the site selected in EPA's Record of Decision (ROD). The

remedy selected in the ROD includes deed restrictions or restrictive

covenants for groundwater usage and drilling, site access restrictions,

and groundwater and surface water monitoring to insure that natural

attenuation will be effective to prevent migration of contaminants.

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. Henkel Corp. (N.D. Ga), DOJ Ref. #90-11-2-999.

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

United States Attorney, Room 1800 Richard Russell Bldg, 75 Spring

Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30335; the Region IV Office of the

Environmental Protection Agency, 345 Courtland Street, N.E. Atlanta,

Georgia 30365; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street NW.,

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 NW., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C.

20005. In requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced case and

enclose a check in the amount of 418.25 (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. 95-3912 Filed 2-15-95; 8:45 am]

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