Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive, Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA'')

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive, Environmental

Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA'')

In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR Sec. 50.7, notice is

hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. General

Diesel, Inc., (D.S.C.) Civil Action No. 2 98-1595 23 was lodged on June

2, 1998, with the United States District Court for the District of

South Carolina.

In this action the United States sought injunctive relief and

recovery of response costs under Sections 106(a) and 107 of CERCLA, 32

U.S.C. Secs. 9606(a) and 9607, with respect to the Koppers Charleston

Superfund Site Site'') in Charleston, Charleston County, South

Carolina.

Under a proposed Consent Decree, General Diesel, Inc., has agreed

to pay the sum of $500 in settlement of the government's claims under

Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. Secs. 9606 and 9607, for

existing contamination at the Site.

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. General Diesel, Inc. (D.S.C.) and DOJ #90-11-2-1012A.

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

United States Attorney, 1st Union Bldg, 1441 Main Street, Suite 500,

Columbia, South Carolina 29201; the Region 4 Office of the

Environmental Protection Agency, 61 Forsythe Street, Atlanta, 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 in the amount of $6.00 (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. 98-17015 Filed 6-25-98; 8:45 am]

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