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

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

Notice is hereby given that on July 6, 1998, a proposed consent

decree in United States v. W.R. Grace & Co.--Conn., Civil Action No.

97-CV-12583-NG, was lodged with the United States

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District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

In this action against defendant W.R. Grace & Co.--Conn.

(``Grace''), the United States seeks reimbursement of certain response

costs and a declaratory judgment for future response costs regarding

the W.R. Grace Superfund Site (the ``Site''), located in Action,

Massachusetts. Grace has owned and operated a facility at the Site

since 1954. The consent decree provides that Grace will reimburse the

United States $1,525,000 for Past Response Costs out of about $4.2

million (including interest) and reimburse the United States for all

Future Oversight Costs at the Site. Grace is performing cleanup

activities at the Site pursuant to a 1980 settlement of claims under

the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.

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 of the Environment and Natural Resources Division,

Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to

United States v. W.R. Grace & Co.--Conn., Civil Action No. 97-CV-12583-

NG, D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-1241.

The proposed consent decree may be examined at the at the Region I

Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, One Congress Street,

Boston, Massachusetts, 02203 (contact Gretchen Muench, 617-565-4904)

and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor,

Washington, D.C. 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, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In

requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $8.25 (25

cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent Decree

Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 98-19123 Filed 7-16-98; 8:45 am]

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