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[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 245 (Thursday, December 21, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 66325]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-31056]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United 
States v. Caribe General Electric Products, Inc., Civil Action No. 90-
2287CCC, was lodged on December 8, 1995, with the United States 
District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.
    The Second Amended Complaint in the Caribe General Electric 
Products action was filed pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 
et seq., to recover costs incurred by the United States in taking 
response actions in connection with the Vega Alta Public Supply Wells 
Superfund Site (``Site'') located in the municipality of Vega Alta, 
Puerto Rico. The proposed Consent Decree embodies an agreement by 
defendants Caribe General Electric Products, Inc., Motorola Telcarro de 
Puerto Rico, Inc., Harman Puerto Rico Automotive, Inc., the West 
Company of Puerto Rico, Inc., and Unisys Corporation to be jointly and 
severally liable for the payment of $2,650,000 to the United States in 
order to reimburse the United States for past costs incurred at the 
Site through about November 1993. In addition, all of these defendants, 
as well as the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company, the 
remaining defendant, have agreed to provide the United States with 
access to any property that they own or control to which access is 
required for implementation of response actions 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 
proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to 
Uunited States v. Caribe General Electric Products, Inc., DOJ Ref. #90-
11-3-269. The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Region 2 
Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, 17th 
Floor, New York, NY 10007-1866 (contact Marla Wieder at 212-637-3184), 
at the United States Attorney's Office located at the Federal Building, 
Room 101, Carlos Chandon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico 00918 (contact 
Rosa Rodriguez at 809-766-5656), and at the Consent Decree Library, 
1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 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, NW., 4th Floor, 
Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy, please refer to the 
referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $6.75 for a copy 
of the Consent Decree (25 cents per page reproduction costs) payable to 
the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 95-31056 Filed 12-20-95; 8:45 am]
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