Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980

In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, and 42 U.S.C.

Sec. 9622(d)(2), notice is hereby given that on October 1, 1996, a

Consent Decree was lodged in United States v. Hercules, et al., Civil

Action No. 89-562-SLR, with the United States District Court for the

District of Delaware.

The Complaint in this case, as amended, was filed under Section 106

and 107 of the Comprehensive

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Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as

amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. Secs. 9606 and 9607, with respect to

the Delaware Sand & Gravel Superfund Site (``DS&G Site'') located in

New Castle County, Delaware, against numerous defendants, many of whom

have agreed to settlement terms under prior consent decrees. Pursuant

to the terms of the Consent Decree with Wilmington Fibre Specialty

Company, the United States will receive a payment of $17,500 for costs

incurred in connection with the Site.

The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the

proposed Consent Decree for a period of thirty days from the date of

publication of this notice. Comments should be addressed to the

Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division,

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United

States v. Hercules, et al., Civil Action No. 89-562-SLR, Ref. No. 90-

11-2-298. The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of

the United States Attorney, District of Delaware, Chemical Bank Plaza,

1201 Market Street, Suite 100, Wilmington, Delaware 19899. Copies of

the Consent Decree may also be examined and obtained by mail at the

Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC

20005 (202-624-0892) and the offices of the Environmental Protection

Agency, Region III, 841 Chestnut Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

19107. When requesting a copy by mail, please enclose a check in the

amount of $5.75 (twenty-five 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. 96-26618 Filed 10-16-96; 8:45 am]

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