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 Department policy, 28 CFR Sec. 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 U.S. v. Larry Jones et al., 1:97-CV-73-1

(M.D. Ga.), was lodged on May 15, 1997 with the United States District

Court for the Middle District of Georgia. This Consent Decree resolves

the action brought by the United States against the settling defendants

pursuant to Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. Secs. 9606 and

9607. The settling defendants are the past and present owners and

operators of the T.H. Agriculture Site (``THAN Site'' or ``Site''),

operable unit 2, located in Albany, Georgia.

The Consent Decree requires the settling defendants to perform a

remedial design/remedial action (``RD/RA'') for operable unit 2 at the

Site. Further, the Consent Decree requires the settling defendants to

reimburse the United States for all future response costs incurred by

the United States at operable unit 2.

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

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

Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney

General for the Environmental and Natural Resources Division,

Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to U.S.

v. Larry Jones et al., DOJ #90-11-3-1061A.

The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the

United States Attorney, 345 Broad Avenue, Albany, Georgia; the Region 4

office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 61 Forsyth Street, S.W.,

Atlanta, GA 30303; 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 (plus attachments), then the amount of the check

should be $43.75 (175 pages at 25 cents per page). The check should be

made payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Walker Smith,

Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 97-17437 Filed 7-2-97; 8:45 am]

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