[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 214 (Monday, November 6, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 64984]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-9104]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act and the
Delaware Hazardous Substances Cleanup Act
Notice is hereby given that on September 29, 2006, a proposed
Consent Decree in United States and the State of Delaware v. E.I.
Dupont De Nemours & Company, Inc., and CIBA Specialty Chemicals
Corporation, Civil Action No. 06-612 was lodged with the United States
District Court for the District of Delaware.
In this action the United States and the State of Delaware sought
claims for natural resource damages brought pursuant to the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
(``CERCLA''), as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq. and the Delaware
Hazardous Substance Cleanup Act (``HSCA''), 7 Del. C. Chapter 91 with
respect to the release of hazardous substances from DuPont-Newport
chemical facility, located in Newport, Delaware. Under the proposed
Consent Decree, the defendants will fund restoration projects on the
``Pike Property'' as set forth in the Damage Assessment and Restoration
Plan (``DARP'', attached to the Consent Decree), and the State of
Delaware will hold an environmental covenant for the Pike Property to
protect it in perpetuity. Defendants will reimburse each Trustee for
its Damage Assessment Costs, and make a payment to Delaware for
groundwater injuries. The total value of the settlement as set forth in
the Consent Decree is $1.6 million.
The Department of Justice will receive for a period of fifteen (15)
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, D.C. 20044-7611, and should refer to
United States and the State of Delaware v. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours &
Company, Inc., and CIBA Specialty Chemicals Corporation, D.J. Ref. 90-
11-2-883/2.
The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United
States Attorney, for the District of Delaware, 1007 Orange Street,
Suite 700, Wilmington, Delaware. 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/Consent_Decrees.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 $6.00
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.
A copy of the Consent Decree may also be obtained at the offices of
the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control,
Division of Air and Waste Management, Site Investigation and
Restoration Branch, 391 Lukens Drive, New Castle, Delaware 19720, Main
phone number: 302-395-2600, Site Name: DuPont Newport NRDA DE-X009.
Contacts: Jane Biggs Sanger, Elizabeth LaSorte, or Robert Newsome. An
electronic version of the Consent Decree and the DARP can be viewed at
http://apps.dnrec.state.de.us/intraviewer/session/frmmain.cfm.
Robert Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 06-9104 Filed 11-3-06; 8:45 am]
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