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 CFR 50.7, and Section

122(d)(2) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(d)(2) notice is hereby given that a

proposed consent decree in United States v. Collins & Aikman Products

Co., et al., Civil Action No. 6:96-2659-21 was lodged on August 30,

1996, with the United States District Court for the District of South

Carolina. This agreement resolves a judicial enforcement action brought

by the United States against the settling defendants pursuant to

Sections 106(a) and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606(a) and 9607. The

settling defendants include the past and present owners and operators

of the Beaunit Circular Knit and Dyeing Superfund Site (``Beaunit

Site'' or ``Site'') and Site facilities in Greenville County, South

Caroline.

The consent decree requires the settling defendants to pay 100

percent of all past and future response costs which the United States

has incurred and will incur at the Site, and which EPA documents are

not inconsistent with the National Contingency Plan. The settling

defendants have also agreed under the decree to perform the final

remedy for the Site which EPA set forth in its Record of Decision

(``ROD'') dated September 29, 1995, and which provides for the

containment of soils and sediments through placement of a cap over the

lagoon area, and additional monitoring of the groundwater and soils on

a regular schedule to determine the effectiveness of the cap. The ROD

also provides for institutional controls as part of the remedy.

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. Collins & Aikman Products Co., et al., DOJ Ref # 90-

11-3-1420.

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

United States Attorney, First Union Building, 1441 Main Street, Suite

500, Columbia, South Carolina, 29201; the Region 4 office of the

Environmental Protection Agency, 345 Courtland Street, N.E., 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 for the reproduction costs. If you want a copy of

the Consent Decree without attachments, which attachments include the

ROD, Statement of Work, Site Maps, and lists of Settling Defendants,

then the amount of the check should be $22.75 (91 pages at 25 cents per

page). If you want a copy of the Consent Decree with the above stated

attachments, then the amount of the check should be $85.75 (343 pages

at 25 cents per page). The check should be made payable to the Consent

Decree Library.

Bruce S. Gelber,

Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 96-23371 Filed 9-11-96; 8:45 am]

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