[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 83 (Thursday, April 29, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 23537]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-9670]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Under 42 U.S.C. 9622(d)(2) and 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given 
that on April 16, 2004, a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. 
Macalloy Corp. and the BOC Group, Inc., Civil Action Number 2:04-1201-
18, was lodged with the United States District Court for the District 
of South Carolina.
    The consent decree resolves claims against two defendants brought 
by the United States on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency 
(``EPA'') under sections 106 and 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606 
and 9607, for response costs incurred and to be incurred by EPA in 
responding to the release and threatened release of hazardous 
substances at the Macalloy Superfund Site in Charleston, South 
Carolina. Under the Consent Decree, the Defendants will pay $357,663 
for past costs, pay all of EPA's future costs relating to the Site, and 
perform the remedy for the Site as set forth in the completed Remedial 
Design for the Site. The United States covenants not to sue the two 
Defendants regarding the past costs, the work, and future costs.
    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. Macalloy Corp. and the BOC Group, Inc. DOJ Ref. 
 90-11-2-07214.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, District of South Carolina, 170 Meeting Street, 3rd 
Floor, Charleston, South Carolina 29401, and the Region 4 Office of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, 
Georgia 30303. During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may 
also be examined on the following Department of Justice Web site: 
http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. 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, or by 
faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood, 
[email protected], Fax No. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation 
number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the Consent Decree 
Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $19.00 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury, to obtain a copy 
of the Consent Decree.

Ellen Mahan,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 04-9670 Filed 4-28-04; 8:45 am]
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