Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

Notice is hereby given that on October 31, 1997, a proposed Consent

Decree in United States v. Caribe General Electric Products, Inc., and

General Electric Company, No. 96-1366 (D.P.R.), was lodged with the

United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.

In this action the United States sought, pursuant to Sections

107(a) and 113(b) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. Secs. 9607(a)

and 9613(b), recovery of past costs and a declaratory judgment for

future costs concerning the General Electric Wiring Devices Superfund

Site, located in Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico. In the proposed consent

decree, the settling parties, Caribe General Electric Products, Inc.,

and General Electric Company, agree to pay to the United States

$612,500.00 for past response costs and future oversight costs, to

provide the Environmental Protection Agency with access to their

property pursuant to a 1984 Administrative Order on Consent, and to

covenant not to sue the United States.

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

days from the date of this publication comments relating to the consent

decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General

of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of

Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to United States v.

Caribe General Electric Products, Inc., and General Electric Company,

No. 96-1366 (D.P.R.), D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-1157.

The consent decree may be examined at the Office of the United

States Attorney, District of Puerto Rico, Federal Building, Room 452,

Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico 00918, at U.S. EPA Region II, 290

Broadway, New York, NY 10007-1866, and at the Consent Decree Library,

1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892.

A copy of the 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 enclose a check in the amount

of $13.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent

Decree Library.

Bruce S. Gelber,

Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 97-30586 Filed 11-20-97; 8:45 am]

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