[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 215 (Friday, November 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 60021]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29703]
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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. Sec. 9622(d), notice is hereby given that on October 19,
1998, a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Alpine Aromatics
International, Inc. et al., Civil Action No. 98-4813 (DRD), was lodged
with the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
The proposed Consent Decree will resolve the United States' claims
under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9601, et seq., on behalf of
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') against defendants
relating to the Custom Distribution Services Superfund Site (``Site'')
located in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. The Complaint alleges that each of
the defendants is liable under Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C.
Sec. 9607(a).
Pursuant to the Consent Decree, the settling defendants will
reimburse the United States $1,174,000 in past response 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. Alpine Aromatics International, Inc., et al.,
Civil Action No. 98-4813 (DRD), D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-1750.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, District of New Jersey, 970 Broad Street,
Newark, New Jersey 07102 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., 3rd 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., 3rd 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 $11.00 payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-29703 Filed 11-5-98; 8:45 am]
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