[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 29 (Friday, February 11, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-3158]
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[Federal Register: February 11, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act and the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act
In accordance with Department policy, 28 CFR 50.7, and with section
122(d)(2) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,
and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9622(d)(2), notice is hereby
given that on January 20, 1994 the United States filed a complaint and
lodged with the United States District Court for the District of New
Jersey a proposed consent decree in United States v. Thiokol
Corporation, Civil Action No. 94-320. The proposed consent decree
involves the cleanup and reimbursement of response costs in connection
with the Rockaway Borough (NJ) Well Field Superfund Site in Rockaway
Borough, Morris County, New Jersey. This settlement is between the
United States and Thiokol Corporation.
The agreement requires Thiokol Corporation to undertake certain
remedial work relating to contaminated groundwater at the Site, as set
forth in EPA's September 1991 Record of Decision for the Site. The
settlement requires Thiokol Corporation to pay $800,000 of EPA's past
response costs and all future response costs incurred by the United
States in connection with the performance of this remedial work.
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 United
States v. Thiokol Corporation, DOJ Ref. #90-11-3-923.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, 970 Broad Street, room 502, Newark, New Jersey
07102; the Region II Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 26
Federal Plaza, New York NY 10278; and 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 $121.25 (25 cents
per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
John C. Cruden,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 94-3158 Filed 2-10-94; 8:45 am]
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