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

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, 38 FR 19029,

and 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent

Decree in United States v. William Davis, et al., Civ. Action No. 90-

0484-T, was lodged in the United States District Court for the District

of Rhode Island on May 15, 1998. The proposed Consent Decree resolves

the United States' claims against National Starch & Chemical Co. under

sections 106 and 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental

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Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), as amended, 42

U.S.C. 9607(a), concerning response actions at the Davis Liquid Waste

Superfund Site located in Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island

(the ``Davis Site'').

Under the terms of the Consent Decree, National Starch & Chemical

Co. is required to pay $2,125,000 in two payments over two years to the

United States in partial reimbursement of the United States' past and

future costs. In addition, National Starch & Chemical Co. is jointly

and severally responsible along with United Technologies Corp.

(``UTC'') and other previous settlers for the source control portion of

the remedy at the Site.

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

days from the date of this publication, written 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, D.C. 20530, and should

refer to United States v. William Davis, et al., Civ. Action No. 90-

0484-T, DOJ #90-11-2-137B.

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

United States Attorney, District of Rhode Island, Westminster Square

Building, 10 Dorrance Street, 10th Floor, Providence, Rhode Island

02903; at the Region I Office of the U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, 90 Canal Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02203; and at the

Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington,

D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. Copies of the 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 enclose a check in the amount of $7.25 (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. 98-13826 Filed 5-22-98; 8:45 am]

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