[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 137 (Tuesday, July 19, 1994)] [Unknown Section] [Page 0] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 94-17413] [[Page Unknown]] [Federal Register: July 19, 1994] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. Solvents Recovery Service of New England, Inc., et al., Civil Actions Nos. -79-704 & H-90-598 (JAC) was lodged on July 1, 1994, with the Untied States District Court for the District of Connecticut. The complaint in this action (1) seeks to recover, pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. Secs. 9601 et seq., response costs incurred and to be incurred by EPA at the Solvents Recovery Service Superfund Site located in Southington Township, Connecticut (``Site''), and (2) seeks injunctive relief and civil penalties under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (``RCRA''), 42 U.S. C. 6901, et seq. The proposed Consent Decree embodies an agreement by Solvents Recovery Service of New England Inc., SRS, Inc. and Carleton Boll (``Settling Defendants''): (1) To reimburse EPA and the State of Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection for a portion of their past and future response costs at the Site; (2) to pay partial damages to the Department of the Interior (``DOI'') for injury to, destruction of, or loss of natural resources at the Site under the trusteeship of DOI; (3) to provide EPA, and any person acting pursuant to a consent order or administrative order regarding the performance of response actions at the Site, with access to property owned by SRSNE for purposes of performing all response actions at the Site; and (4) upon the completion of the remedy, to sell their presently contaminated property and pay the proceeds to EPA. The Consent Decree also provides the Settling Defendants with a release for civil liability for both EPA's past and future CERCLA response costs and natural resource damages at the Site for resources under the trusteeship of the Department of the Interior (``DOI'') and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (``NOAA''). The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of this publication, 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, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, DC 20044, and should refer to United States v. Solvents Recovery Service of New England, Inc., et al., DOJ Ref. No. 90-7-1-23A. The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the United States Attorney, 141 Church Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06508; the Region I Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, Region I Records Center, 90 Canal Street, First Floor, Boston, MA 02203; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., Fourth 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, Fourth Floor, NW., Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $28.75 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library. John C. Cruden, Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division. [FR Doc. 94-17413 Filed 7-18-94; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410-01-M