[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 199 (Thursday, October 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 55410]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27694]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act; Jerome
Lightman, et al.
In accordance with Departmental policy 28 C.F.R. 50.7, notice is
hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Jerome
Lightman, et al., Civil Action No. 92-4710 (JBS), was lodged on October
2, 1998 with the United States District Court for the District of New
Jersey.
The proposed Consent Decree embodies an agreement with 20
potentially responsible parties (``PRPs'') at the Site to pay $7.1
million in settlement of claims for EPA's past response costs at the
Site. The payments made by the settlers will be used to reimburse past
costs incurred at the Site.
The Consent Decree provides the settling defendants with a covenant
not to sue for civil liability for EPA's past CERCLA response costs at
the Site and future oversight costs in connection with the settling
defendants' performance of the remedy 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,
P.O. Box 7611, Washington, D.C. 20044-7611, and should refer to United
States v. Jerome Lightman, et al., DOJ Ref. No. 90-11-3-942A.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, U.S. Courthouse, Room 2070, 4th and Cooper
Streets, Camden, New Jersey 08101; the Region II Office of the
Environmental Protection Agency, Region II Records Center, 290
Broadway, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10007-1866; and at the Consent
Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., Fourth 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., Fourth Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a
copy, please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the
amount of $9.00 (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. 98-27694 Filed 10-14-98; 8:45 am]
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