[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 171 (Friday, September 1, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 53225]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-22455]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with Section 122(d) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended, 42 
U.S.C. Sec. 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 
August 11, 2000, a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Estate 
of J.M. Taylor et al., Civ. No. C-89-213-R, was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. Under 
the proposed Consent Decree, Novartis Crop Protection (formerly Ciba-
Geigy) and Olin Corporation agree to remediate pesticide contaminated 
groundwater at the Route 211 Area, one of the five separate areas 
comprising the Aberdeen Pesticides Dumps Superfund Site in Aberdeen, 
North Carolina. Remediation of contaminated groundwater at the Route 
211 Area has been designated by EPA as part of Operable Unit Five. 
Under this Decree, Novartis and Olin agree to implement the groundwater 
remedy for the Route 211 Area selected by EPA in its Record of Decision 
for Operable Unit Five, issued by EPA on June 4, 1999.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments concerning the 
proposed 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, Washington, D.C., 20044, and 
should refer to United States v. Estate of J.M. Taylor, et al., D.J. 
Ref. 90-11-3-323.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at any of the following 
offices: (1) The Office of the United States Attorney for the Middle 
District of North Carolina, 101 South Edgeworth, Greensboro, North 
Carolina; (2) the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 
Forsyth Street, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia.
    A copy of the proposed Consent Decree may also be obtained in 
person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, Department of 
Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611. Please refer to the 
referenced case and identify the particular Decree desired. There is a 
photocopying charge of $0.25 per page. All checks should be made 
payable to ``Consent Decree Library.''
    For a copy of the proposed Consent Decree with all attachments 
(including the Record of Decision), enclose a check for $61.75. For a 
copy of the proposed Decree without the attachments, enclose a check 
for $23.00.

Walker B. Smith,
Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment & Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 00-22455 Filed 8-31-00; 8:45 am]
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