[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 62 (Thursday, April 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 15795]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7973]
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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 507.7, 38 FR 19029, and
42 U.S.C. 9622(d), notice is hereby given that on March 12, 1999, a
proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Janssen Ortho LLC, Civil
Action No. 99-1261 SEC, was lodged with the United States District
Court for the District of Puerto Rico. The proposed Consent Decree will
resolved 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 defendant relating to the Janssen, Inc.
Superfund Site (``Site'') located in Gurabo, Puerto Rico. The Complaint
alleges that the defendant is liable under section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42
U.S.C. 9607(a).
Pursuant to the Consent Decree, the settling defendant will
implement the remedy selected in the September 30, 1997 Record of
Decision (``ROD'') for the Site, estimated to cost approximately $15
million, reimburse the United States for 100% of its past costs
($865,972.33) and pay all EPA future response costs, as defined in the
Consent Decree.
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, DC 20530, and should refer
to United States v. Janssen Ortho LLC, Civil Action No. 99-1261 SEC,
D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-1768.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, District of Puerto Rico, Federal Building,
Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico 00918 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, NW, 3rd 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, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In
requesting a copy, please enclose a check (there is a 25 cent per page
reproduction cost) in the amount of $41.25 payable to the Consent
Decree Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environmental and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-7973 Filed 3-31-99; 8:45 am]
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