[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 47 (Tuesday, March 11, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 11223]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5924]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decrees Pursuant to the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
of 1980, as Amended
Consistent with Departmental policy, 28 C.F.R. 50.7, and 42 U.S.C.
9622(d), notice is hereby given that on February 25, 1997, two proposed
consent decrees in United States v. American Optical Corporation, et.
al., Civil Action No. 97-CV-847, were lodged with the United States
District Court for the District of New Jersey. These two proposed
consent decrees resolve the United States' claims under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., on behalf of the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') against nine defendants
relating to the Nascolite Corporation Superfund Site (``Site'') located
on Doris Avenue in Millville and Vineland, Cumberland County, New
Jersey.
One consent decree is a de minimis decree entered into pursuant to
Section 122(g) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9622(g). Under the terms of
the de minimis decree, the five defendants will pay $894,626 for
unreimbursed response costs and a premium payment in satisfaction of
their liability for past and future response costs at the Site. The
second Consent Decree (``Second Consent Decree'') requires the four
defendants to complete specified work at the Site and to pay $800,000
to the United States for unreimbursed response costs incurred with
respect to 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 decrees. In addition, since the United States is
further providing the parties to the Second Consent Decree with
covenants not to sue under Section 7003 of the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6973, the United States will provide an
opportunity for a public meeting in the affected area, if requested
within the thirty (30) day public comment period. See 42 U.S.C.
6973(d). Any comments and/or requests for a public meeting 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. American Optical
Corporation, et. al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-492.
Both proposed consent decrees may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, Cohen Federal Courthouse, 1 Gerry Plaza, 4th
and Coopers Streets, Camden, New Jersey 08101, and at the Region II
office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, New York,
New York 10007-1866, and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street,
N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of
either proposed consent decree may be obtained in person or by mail
from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor,
Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy, please indicate which
consent decree is desired and enclose a check (there is a 25 cent per
page reproduction cost) in the amount of $5.50 for the de minimis
Decree and/or a check in the amount of $32.25 for the Second Consent
Decree payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-5924 Filed 3-10-97; 8:45 am]
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