[Federal Register: March 13, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 49)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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

    In accordance with Department Policy, 28 C.F.R. 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 at,. Civ. Action No. 99-
0484-T, was lodged in the United States District Court for the District 
of Rhode Island on March 5, 1998. The proposed Consent Decree resolves 
the United States' claims against defendants, United Sanitation, Inc., 
and A. Capuano Bros., Inc. (``Settling Defendants''), under Section 
107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental 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, the Settling Defendants are 
required to pay $400,000 to the Superfund in partial reimbursement of 
the United States' past and future response costs. Of that sum, 
$200,000 will be immediately paid for the Davis Site. It the Settling 
Defendants reach settlement with the United Sates in the case of United 
States v. Allied Signal. Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 95-617 (D.R.I.) 
(the ``Picillo Matter''), within nine months after entry of the Consent 
Decree, the remainder shall be used to help satisfy any payments due to 
the United States in the settlement in the Picillo Matter. In addition, 
the Settling Defendants are required to sell certain real property and 
pay the proceeds to the Superfund for the Davis Site. In return, the 
United States will grant the Settling Defendants certain covenants not 
to sue with respect to the Davis 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

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v. William Davis, et al., Civ, Action No. 90-0484-T, DOJ # 90-11-137B.
    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 Regional 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, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy, 
please enclose a check in the amount of $12.25 (25 cents per page 
reproduction costs) payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-6443 Filed 3-12-98; 8:45 am]
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