[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 115 (Wednesday, June 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32257-32258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-15205]


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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 June 1, 1999, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. NationsBank, N.A. Civil Action No. 1:99-
0264-06 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 one 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, NationsBank, N.A. has agreed to 
pay the United States $300,000. The United States has incurred 
approximately $1,182,000.00. The Amended Complaint names three 
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. 
NationsBank, N.A. D.J. Ref. Number 90-11-3-06135.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
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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.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-15205 Filed 6-15-99; 8:45 am]
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