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Dated: January 15, 1998.

Judith D. Johnson,

Division Chief, M/OP/ENI

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act of

1980, as Amended

Consistent with Departmental policy,

28 CFR 50.7, 38 FR 19029, and 42 U.S.C.

9622(d), notice is hereby given that on

January 8, 1998, a proposed Consent

Decree in United States v. Abbott

Laboratories, et al., Civil Action No. 98–

1013–JAF, was lodged with the United

States District Court for the District of

Puerto Rico. The proposed Consent

Decree will resolve the United States’

claims under the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act

(‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., on

behalf of the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency (‘‘EPA’’) against

defendants Abbott Laboratories,

American Cyanamid Company,

Browning-Ferris Industries of Puerto

Rico, Inc., E.I. DuPont de Nemours &

Company, Merck & Company, Inc., the

Municipality of Barceloneta, Pharmacia

& Upjohn Caribe Inc., Roche Products,

Inc., Schering-Plough Products, Inc.,

and Union Carbide Corporation relating

to the Barceloneta Landfill Superfund

Site (‘‘Site’’) located near the

Municipality of Barceloneta, Puerto

Rico. The Complaint alleges that each of

the defendants is liable under Sections

106 and 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C.

9606 and 9607.

Pursuant to the Consent Decree, the

settling defendants will implement the

remedy selected in the July 5, 1996

Record of Decision (the ‘‘ROD’’) for the

Site, now estimated to cost

approximately $10.5 million, reimburse

the United States for $425,000 of past

costs, and make payment of EPA’s

future response costs, as defined in the

Consent Decree, and up to $400,000 of

EPA’s oversight costs.

The Department of Justice will receive

for a period of thirty (30) days from the

date of this publication comments

relating to the proposed consent decree.

Any comments should be addressed to

the Assistant Attorney General of the

Environment and Natural Resources

Division, Department of Justice,

Washington, D.C. 20530, and should

refer to United States v. Abbott

Laboratories, et al., Civil Action No. 98–

1013–JAF, D.J. Ref. 90–11–3–1574.

The proposed consent decree may be

examined at the Office of the United

States Attorney, District of Puerto Rico,

Federal Building, Chardon Avenue,

Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, 00918 and at

Region II, Office of the Environmental

Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, New

York, NY 10007–1866 and at the

Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street,

N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C.

20005, (202) 624–0892. A copy of the

proposed consent decree may be

obtained in person or by mail from the

Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street,

N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C.

20005. In requesting a copy, please

enclose a check (there is a 25 cent per

page reproduction cost) in the amount

of $69.25 payable to the Consent Decree

Library. If a copy of the Consent Decree

without the attachments is sufficient,

please specify that fact and enclose a

check in the amount of $26.00.

Bruce S. Gelber,

Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement

Section, Environment and Natural Resources

Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Under the Clean Air Act

Pursuant to Department policy, 18

CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on

December 18, 1997, a proposed Consent

Decree in Chester Residents Concerned

for Quality Living, et al., and

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and

United States of America v. Delaware

County Regional Water Control

Authority (‘‘DELCORA’’), Civil Action

No. 94–CV–5639 was lodged with the

United States District Court for the

Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

In this action the United States, as a

plaintiff-intervenor, sought civil

penalties and injunctive relief pursuant

to Section 113 of the Clean Air Act, 42

U.S.C. 7413, against DELCORA for

violations of the Clean Air Act in

connection with the operation of sludge

incinerators at DELCORA’s sewage

treatment plant located in Chester,

Pennsylvania. Under the proposed

Consent Decree DELCORA agrees to pay

a civil penalty of $120,000, implement

injunctive relief to prevent future

violations at the plant, and perform a

Supplemental Environmental Project to

reduce exposure to lead among newborn

infants in Chester, Pennsylvania.

The Department of Justice will receive

for a period of thirty (30) days from the

date of this publication comments

relating to the proposed Consent Decree.

Comments should be addressed to the

Assistant Attorney General of the

Environment and Natural Resources

Division, Department of Justice,

Washington, D.C. 20530, and should

refer to Chester Residents Concerned for

Quality Living, et al., and

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and

United States of America v. Delaware

County Regional Water Control

Authority (‘‘DELCORA’’), D.J. Ref. 90–5–

2–1–2071.

The Consent Decree may be examined

at the Office of the United States

Attorney, 5615 Chestnut Street, Suite

1250, Philadelphia, PA 19106, at U.S.

EPA Region 3, 841 Chestnut Building,

Philadelphia, PA 19107, and at the

Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street,

N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C.

20005, (202) 624–0892. A copy of the

Consent Decree may be obtained in

person or by mail from the Consent

Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th

Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In

requesting a copy exclusive of exhibits,

please enclose a check in the amount of

$9.75 (25 cents per page reproduction

cost) payable to the Consent Decree

Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section,

Environment and Natural Resources Division.

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BILLING CODE 4410–15–M

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation and Liability Act

In accordance with Departmental

policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby

given that a proposed consent decree in

United States v. Young Refining

Company, Civil Action No. 1–96–CV–

1002–JEC, was lodged on December 31,

1997, with the United States District

Court for the Northern District of

Georgia. The consent decree settles a

claim brought under Section 107(a) of

the Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), for

response costs incurred by the United

States at the Basket Creek Drum

Disposal site (the ‘‘Basket Creek site’’) in