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

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## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Notice
- **Published:** April 8, 1996
- **Citation:** 61 FR 15518

## Text

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree 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 a proposed partial consent decree in United
States v. International Paper Company, et al., Civil No. 94-4681 (BDP),
was lodged on March 25, 1996 with the United States District Court for
the Southern District of New York. The decree resolves claims of the
United States against defendants Ford Motor Company, Georgia-Pacific
Corporation, International Business Machines Corporation, Reichhold
Chemical Company, Inc., Union Carbide Corporation, and the Town of
Warwick 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 proposed consent decree,
the defendants agree to pay the United States $1,400,000 in settlement
of the United States' claims for past response costs incurred by the
Environmental Protection Agency at the Site through November 7, 1994.
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 United
States v. International Paper Company, et al., DOJ Ref. Number 90-11-3-
812.
The proposed consent decree 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, 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 (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. 96-8556 Filed 4-5-96; 8:45 am]
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