[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 15 (Monday, January 24, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-1515]
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[Federal Register: January 24, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Lodging of Consent Decree and Lodging of First Amendment to
Consent Decree Pursuant to Superfund (CERCLA)
In accordance with Section 122(d) of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended, 42
U.S.C. 9622(d), and the policy of the United States Department of
Justice, as provided in 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on
December 16, 1993, a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Ciba-
Geigy Corporation, Civ. No. 93-1015-AH5, was lodged with the United
States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama. This
Consent Decree concerns Operable Unit Four of the Ciba-Geigy
Corporation manufacturing plant site (``the Site'') adjacent to the
Tombigbee River near McIntosh, Alabama. Pursuant to Sections 106 and
107(a) of CERCLA, the Complaint in this action seeks recovery of past
response costs incurred by the United States at the entire Site, future
response costs in connection with the proposed Decree, and injunctive
relief for Operable Unit No. 4 (``OU4''). OU4 consists of 128,000 cubic
yards of contaminated soils at a former waster management unit (the
``Bluffline Area'') at the Site. Ciba-Geigy has agreed in the proposed
Consent Decree to: (1) perform the selected remedy for OU4, which
includes excavation and remediation of the contaminated soils, at a
total estimated cost of $25 million, and (2) reimburse the United
States for all of its outstanding past response costs incurred at the
Site not covered under a previous Consent Decree for OU2, and for all
of its future response and oversight costs incurred in connection with
OU4 and this Decree.
In addition, notice is also hereby given that on December 16, 1993,
a proposed First Amendment to Consent Decree in United States v. Ciba-
Geigy Corporation, Civil No. 92-0742-AH-C, was lodged with the United
States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama. This First
Amendment concerns a modification to the Financial Assurances
provisions of the Consent Decree for Operable Unit Two of the Ciba-
Geigy Corporation Site, entered on November 18, 1992.
The Department of Justice will receive on or before February 23,
1994 comments concerning the proposed Consent Decree and proposed First
Amendment to Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division,
U.S. Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station,
Washington, DC 20044. For the Consent Decree, comments should refer to
United States v. Ciba-Geigy Corporation (Operable Unit 4 of Ciba-Geigy
McIntosh, Alabama Site), D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-781A. For the First
Amendment to Consent Decree, comments should refer to United States v.
Ciba-Geigy Corporation (Operable Unit 2 of Ciba-Geigy McIntosh, Alabama
Site), D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-781.
The proposed Consent Decree and First Amendment to Consent Decree
may be examined at any of the following offices: (1) The Office of the
United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, U.S.
Courthouse, 113 St. Joseph Street, Mobile, Alabama; (2) the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 345 Courtland Street, NE.,
Atlanta, Georgia; and (3) the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street,
NW., 4th floor, Washington, DC 20005 (telephone (202) 624-0892). Copies
of the proposed Consent Decree and First Amendment to Consent Decree
may be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street,
NW., 4th floor, Washington, DC 20005. For a copy of the Consent Decree
with attachments (Record of Decision, Statement of Work and Site map)
please enclose a check for $57.00 ($.25 per page reproduction charge)
payable to ``Consent Decree Library.'' For a copy of the Consent Decree
without those attachments please enclose a check for $20.50 ($.25 per
page reproduction charge) payable to ``Consent Decree Library.'' For a
copy of the First Amendment to Consent Decree, please enclose a check
for $2.25 ($.25 per page reproduction charge) payable to ``Consent
Decree Library.''
John C. Cruden,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment & Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 94-1515 Filed 1-21-94; 10:00 am]
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