[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 155 (Thursday, August 10, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 49017]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-20298]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA'')

    Pursuant to section 122(d)(2) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(d)(2), 
notice is hereby given that on July 27, 2000, a proposed Consent Decree 
in United States v. Ware Shoals Power & Water, Inc., and Nancy T. 
Benton, Civil Action No. 8-99-2346-13, was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the District of South Carolina.
    In this action the United States sought to recover response costs 
incurred by the Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') during the 
performance of a response action to address releases and threatened 
released of hazardous substances at the Ware Shoals Dyeing and Printing 
Superfund Site in Ware Shoals, South Carolina. The Decree resolves the 
liability of Defendants Ware Shoals Power & Water, Inc., and Nancy T. 
Benton (collectively ``Defendants''), for these costs. The Defendants 
collectively will pay $55,000 to the Hazardous Substances Superfund in 
reimbursement of EPA's costs. In addition, Defendant Ware Shoals will 
convey the Site property to the Town of Ware Shoals by deed for a 
purchase price of no more than $10. 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, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, 
Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to United States v. Ware 
Shoals Power & Water, Inc., and Nancy T. Benton, D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-
06634.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, District of South Carolina, 105 North Spring Street, 
Suite 200, Greenville, South Carolina 29601, and at EPA Region 4, 
Atlanta Federal Center, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303. 
A copy of the Consent Decree may also be obtained by mail from the 
Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, 
Washington, DC 20044-7611. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check 
in the amount of $5.75 (25 cents per page repoduction cost) payable to 
the Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment & Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 00-20298 Filed 8-9-00; 8:45 am]
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