[Federal Register: September 29, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 188)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a consent decree in United States v. Chemclene, et 
al., No. 99-CV-3715 (E.D. Pa.), was lodged on September 8, 1999, with 
the United States District Court for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania.
    The consent resolves the claims of the United States and the 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania pursuant to sections 106 and 107(a) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606, 9607(a), and pursuant to the Pennsylvania 
Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act (``HSCA''), 35 P.S. sections 6020.101 et 
seq., arising from costs incurred by the United States and the 
Commonwealth for response actions at the Malvern TCE Superfund Site 
(``Site'') in East Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
    The Settling Defendants are generators or transporters of hazardous 
substances that were sent to the Site. The consent decree provides that 
Settling Defendants will perform remedial action, in exchange for a 
covenant not to sue, contribution protection, and a share of funds 
collected from de minimis parties, to be applied to remedial costs. The 
consent decree also provides for settlement of claims against a Federal 
Agency in connection with the Site. The United States will pay the 
Settling Defendants $571,372.50 for the Settling Federal Agency's 
allocable share of past and future remedial costs.
    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 for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department 
of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to DJ # 90-11-3-
1731. Comments may also be addressed to the United States Attorney, 
Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 615 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 
19106, c/o Assistant United States Attorney Nuriye C. Huygur.
    The consent decree may be examined and copied at the Office of the 
Clerk, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; or 
at the Region III Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, c/o 
Joan A. Johnson, Assistant Regional Counsel, 1650 Arch Street, 
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029. A copy of the consent decree may also be 
obtained by mail from the Department of Justice Consent Decree Library, 
P.O. Box 7611, Washington, D.C. 20044. In requesting a copy please 
refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of 
$114.00 (25 cents per page reproduction cost), payable to the Consent 
Decree Library.
Joel Gross,
Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 99-25343 Filed 9-28-99; 8:45 am]
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