[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 49 (Thursday, March 13, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 11918]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-6274]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree and Second Order Modifying
Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act
In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, 38 FR 19029,
and 42 U.S.C. 9622(d), notice is hereby given that a proposed consent
decree in United States versus Renora, Inc., et al., Civ. No. 86-3462
(AMW) was lodged on February 26, 1997 in the United States District
Court for the District of New Jersey and that a proposed consent decree
amendment in United States and State of New Jersey v. Alcan Aluminum
Corp., et al., Civ. Nos. 88-4646/88-4670 (NHP) was lodged on February
11, 1997 in the United States District Court for the District of New
Jersey.
The consent decree and second order modifying consent decree both
address the hazardous waste contamination at the Renora Superfund Site
in Edison, New Jersey. The consent decree provides for the United
States to receive at least $294,000 in reimbursement of response costs
incurred and to be incurred by EPA at the Site. The second order
modifying consent decree provides for a group of parties to implement
the remedial action selected by the Environmental Protection Agency in
the Record of Decision for the Site dated September 29, 1987, as
amended by EPA's ROD Amendment for the Site dated September 30, 1994.
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 and proposed second order modifying consent
decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General
for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of
Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to United States v.
Renora, Inc., et al. and United States and State of New Jersey v. Alcan
Aluminum Corp., et al., DOJ Ref. Nos. 90-11-3-113 & 113A.
The proposed settlement may be examined at the Office of the United
States Attorney, 970 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey; the Region II
Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, New York,
New York; and the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th
Floor, Washington, DC. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed
consent decree and proposed second order modifying consent decree may
be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120
G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, DC. 20005. In requesting a copy
please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check made payable to
the Consent Decree Library in the amount of $10.25 (25 cents per page
reproduction costs).
Joel M. Gross,
Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-6274 Filed 3-12-97; 8:45 am]
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