Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive

Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act

Notice is hereby given that on August 2, 1999, a proposed Consent

Decree in United States v. Aiken County Forfeited Land Commission and

Aiken County, South Carolina, Civil Action No. 1:99-0264-08 was lodged

with the United States District Court for the District of South

Carolina.

In this action the United States sought the recovery of past costs

incurred in response to releases and threatened releases of hazardous

substances at the Clearwater Finishing Superfund Site in Clearwater,

Aiken County, South Carolina. The Consent Decree represents a

settlement with two of the potential responsible parties listed in the

Amended Complaint for violations of Section 107 of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, 42

U.S.C. 9607. Under the Consent Decree, the Aiken County Forfeited Land

Commission and Aiken County, South Carolina has agreed to pay the

United States $250,000.00. This Consent Decree represents the third

settlement to be lodged with the Court regarding the Clearwater

Finishing Superfund Site. The United States has incurred approximately

$1,182,000.00. The Amended Complaint names two additional parties.

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

days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Consent

Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General

of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of

Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United States v.

Aiken County Forfeited Land Commission and Aiken County, South

Carolina, D.J. Ref. Number 90-11-3-06135.

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

United States Attorney, for the District of South Carolina, First Union

Building, 1441 Main Street, Suite 500, Columbia, South Carolina 29201,

at U.S. EPA Region IV, 61 Forsyth Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, and

at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 3rd 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, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In

requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $4.75 (25

cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent Decree

Library.

Walker Smith,

Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 99-22688 Filed 8-31-99; 8:45 am]

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