[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 105 (Thursday, June 1, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31212-31213]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-5017]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Partial Consent Decree Under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
of 1980 (``CERCLA'')
Consistent with Section 122(d) of the comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622(d), and 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby
given that on May 22, 2006, a proposed partial Consent Decree with Olin
Corporation (``Olin'') and Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc. f/k/a
Borden Chemical, Inc. (``Hexion/Borden'') in United States v. American
Cyanamid, et al., Nos. 1:02-CV-109-1 and 1:03-CV-122-3 (M.D. GA.), was
lodged with the United States District Court for the Middle District of
Georgia.
In this action, the United States seeks to recover from various
defendants, pursuant to Sections 107 and 113(g)(2) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C.
9607 and 9613(g)(2), the costs incurred and to be incurred by the
United States in responding to the release and/or threatened release of
hazardous substances at and from the Stoller Chemical Company/Pelham
Phosphate Company Site (``Site'') in Pelham, Mitchell County, Georgia.
Under the proposed Partial Consent Decree, Defendant Olin and Third-
Party Defendant Hexion/Borden will jointly pay $1,750,000 to the
Hazardous Substances Superfund in reimbursement of the costs incurred
by the United States at the Site.
The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Partial
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. American Cyanamid, et al., (M.D. Ga.) (Partial
Consent Decree with Olin and Hexion/Borden, DOJ Ref. No. 90-11-3-
07602).
The Partial Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, Middle District of
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Georgia, Cherry St. Galleria, 4th Floor, 433 Cherry St., Macon, GA
31201 ((478) 752-3511), and at U.S. EPA Region 4, Atlanta Federal
Center, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303 (contact Bonnie
Sawyer, Esq. (404) 562-9539). During the public comment period, the
Partial 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
Partial Consent Decree may also be obtained by mail from the Consent
Decree Library, U.S. Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, 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 refer to United States v. American Cyanamid, et al.,
(M.D. Ga.) (Partial Consent Decree with Olin and Hexion/Borden, DOJ
Ref. No. 90-11-3-07602), and enclose a check in the amount of $6.00 (25
cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury or, if
by e-mail or fax, forward a check in that amount to the Consent Decree
Library at the state address.
Henry S. Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 06-5017 Filed 5-31-06; 8:45 am]
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