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 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 United States v. Lucent Technologies Inc.,

Civil Action No. 3:97-0271-17 was lodged on January 31, 1997, with the

United States District Court for the District of South Carolina. This

agreement resolves a judicial enforcement action brought by the United

States against Lucent Technologies Inc., (``Lucent'') pursuant to

Sections 106(a) and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606(a) and 9607. Lucent

is the successor corporation of a generator of hazardous substances at

the Palmetto Recycling Superfund Site (``Palmetto Site'' or ``Site'')

located in Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina.

The consent decree requires Lucent to perform the final remedy for

the Site which EPA selected in its Record of Decision (``ROD'') dated

March 30, 1995. In the ROD, EPA selected a remedy which includes the

excavation and off-site disposal of contaminated surface soil that

exceeds the remediation level. The excavated area will be backfilled

with clean soil and regraded with a vegetative cover. The ROD also

provides for additional sampling of adjacent residential yards and

roads to confirm the absence of soil contamination in those areas.

Finally, the ROD provides for annual groundwater monitoring for at

least five years.

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. Lucent Technologies Inc., DOJ Ref # 90-11-3-1545.

The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the

United States Attorney, First Union Building, 1441 Main Street, Suite

500, Columbia, South Carolina, 29201; the Region 4 office of the

Environmental Protection Agency, 100 Alabama Street, SW., Georgia,

30303; and at 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 for the reproduction costs. If you request a copy of the Consent

Decree without attachments, which attachments include the ROD,

Statement of Work, Site Map, and Summary of Costs, then the amount of

the check should be $19.50 (78 pages at 25 cents per page). If you

request a copy of the Consent Decree with the above stated attachments,

then the amount of the check should be $71.25 (285 pages at 25 cents

per page). The check should be made payable to the Consent Decree

Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 97-3492 Filed 2-11-97; 8:45 am]

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