Notice of Lodging of Two Consent Decrees Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 as Amended

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Two Consent Decrees Pursuant to the

Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of

1980 as Amended

In accordance with Department of Justice policy, 28 CFR 50.7,

notice is hereby given that two proposed partial consent decrees in

United States v. International Paper Company, et al., Civil No. 94-4681

(BDP), were lodged on August 18, 1996 with the United States District

Court for the Southern District of New York. The decrees

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resolve claims of the United States against defendants International

Paper Company and Nepera, Inc. in the above-referenced action under the

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

(``CERCLA'') for contamination at the Warwick Superfund Site in the

Town of Warwick, Orange County, New York (the ``Site''). In the first

proposed consent decree, defendant International Paper Company agrees

to pay the United States $135,000 in settlement of the United States'

claims for past response costs incurred by the Environmental Protection

Agency at the Site through November 7, 1994. In the second proposed

consent decree, defendant Nepera, Inc. agrees to pay the United States

$98,500 in settlement of the United States' claims for past response

costs incurred by the Environmental Protection Agency at the Site

through November 7, 1994.

The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30)

days from the date of this publication, comments relating to both

proposed consent decrees. 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. International Paper Company, et al., DOJ Ref. Number

90-11-3-812.

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

United States Attorney, 100 Church Street, New York, NY, 10007; the

Region II Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 290 Broadway,

New York, NY 10278; and the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street,

N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the

proposed consent decrees 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 specify either the consent decree

with International Paper Company or the consent decree with Nepera,

Inc., and please also refer to the referenced case and enclose a check

in the amount of $5.25 for the consent decree with International Paper

Company (25 cents per page reproduction costs) and $5.50 for the

consent decree with Nepera, Inc., payable to the Consent Decree

Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 96-24031 Filed 9-18-96; 8:45 am]

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