Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 76 (Wednesday, April 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 19552]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-9966]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Chem-
Pak Corporation, Civ. No. CA-99-152 (ML), was lodged on March 26, 1999 
with the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island. 
The complaint in this action seeks to recover civil penalties for Chem-
Pak Corporation's (``Chem-Pak's'') violations of the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6921, et seq., at its 
hazardous waste storage and treatment facility in Cranston, Rhode 
Island.
    The proposed Consent Decree embodies an agreement providing for 
Chem-Pak to pay a civil penalty of $75,000 in settlement of the United 
States' claims. The proposed Consent Decree also will require Chem-Pak 
to purchase a new computerized record keeping system and to employ a 
full time environmental engineer at its facility.
    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, 
P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, DC 20044, and should 
refer to United States v. Chem-Pak Corporation, DOJ Ref. No. 90-7-1-
905.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Fleet Center, Eighth Floor, 50 Kennedy Plaza, 
Providence, RI 02903; the Region I Office of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region I Records Center, 90 Canal Street, Fourth 
Floor, Boston, MA 02203; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G 
Street, NW., Third 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, Third Floor, NW., 
Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy, please refer to the 
referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $4.00 (25 cents 
per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-9966 Filed 4-20-99; 8:45 am]
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