[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 93 (Thursday, May 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 26825]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-12874]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as 
Amended, and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in the action 
entitled United States v. PO Corporation, Civil Action No. 98CV10759 
EFH, was lodged on April 30, 1998, with the United States District 
Court for the District of Massachusetts. The proposed consent decree 
resolves the United States's claims against PQ Corporation, Nyacol 
Products, Inc., Robert Lurie, and Thomas O'Connor at the Nyanza 
Chemical Waste Dump Superfund Site, Located in Ashland, Massachusetts 
(``Site''), under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9601 et 
seq. and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 
Sec. 6973. Defendants PQ, NPI, Lurie and O'Connor are current or former 
owners and operator of the Site. The consent decree will also resolve 
the claims of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (``Commonwealth'') in 
connection with the Site under CERCLA and the Massachusetts Oil and 
Hazardous material Release Prevention and Response Act, M.G.L. c. 21E. 
Finally, the consent decree will also resolve the claims of the United 
States and the Commonwealth against Robert Lurie and Thomas O'Connor 
under M.G.L. c. 109A.
    Under the proposed consent decree, the settlers jointly will make 
payments to the United States and the Commonwealth in the amount of 
$8,000,000, plus interest. Of the total payments, $923,077 will be paid 
to the United States and the Commonwealth in connection with claims for 
natural resource damages at the Site. The remaining money will be paid 
80% to the United States and 20% the Commonwealth as reimbursement for 
response costs incurred and to be incurred at the Site.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of up to 
thirty days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed consent decree. Any 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, D.C. 20044, and should refer to United States v. PO 
Corporation, DOJ Ref. Number 90-11-2-340e. Commenters may request an 
opportunity for a public meeting in the affected area, in accordance 
with Section 7003(d) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 6973.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Environmental 
Protection Agency, One Congress Street, Boston, Massachusetts (contact 
Joanna Jerison at 617-565-3350) and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 
G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 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, N.W., 4th Floor, 
Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy, please refer to the 
referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $18.00 (72 pages 
at 25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree 
Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-12874 Filed 5-13-98; 8:45 am]
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