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 18, 1998. The proposed Consent Decree resolves

the United States' claims against Power Semiconductors, Inc. and Swan

Engraving Company (``Settling Defendants''), under Sections 106 and

107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and

Liability Act (``CERCLA''), as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), concerning

response action at the Davis Liquid Waste Superfund Site located in

Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island (the ``Davis Site'').

Under the terms of the Consent Decree the Settling Defendants are

required to pay $74,375 to the United States in partial reimbursement

of the United States' past and future costs. Swan Engraving Company's

share of this amount, $63,750, will be paid in three equal payments

over two years. In addition, the Settling Defendants are 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 Environmental 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, NW 4th Floor, Washington, DC

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 $11.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs)

payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resource Division.

[FR Doc. 98-16211 Filed 6-17-98; 8:45 am]

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