[Federal Register: September 1, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 169)]
[Notices]               
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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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