[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 151 (Monday, August 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 40658]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19733]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Consent Judgments Pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, 38 Fed. Reg.
19029, and 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9622(d), notice is hereby given that two
proposed Consent Decrees in United States v. J & M Land Company and
Jersey Central Power & Light Company, Inc., Civ. Action No. 96-3457
were lodged in the United States District Court for the District of New
Jersey on July 15, 1996. The proposed Consent Decrees resolve the
United States' claims against J & M Land Company (``J&M'') and Jersey
Central Power & Light Company, Inc. (``JCPLC''), under Section 107(a)
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Act (``CERCLA''), as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), concerning response
actions at the Imperial Oil/Champion Chemical Superfund Site located in
the Township of Marlboro, Monmouth County, New Jersey (the ``Site'').
Under the terms of the settlement with J&M, J&M has agreed to pay
$30,000 to the Superfund, to grant EPA and the State access to its
property for response actions, and to put into place institutional
controls as directed by EPA. In return, the United States will release
J&M from liability for past and future response costs at the Site.
Under the terms of the settlement with JCPLC, JCPLC has agreed to pay
$67,500 to the Superfund, to grant EPA and the State access to its
property for response actions, and to put into place institutional
controls as directed by EPA. In return, the United States will release
JCPLC from liability for past and future response costs at the Site.
The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication, written comments relating to
the proposed Consent Decrees. 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. J & M Land Company and Jersey Central Power &
Light Company, Inc., Civ. Action No. 96-3457, DOJ #90-11-2-946A.
The proposed Consent Decrees may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, District of New Jersey, 402 East State Street,
Trenton, New Jersey 08608; at the Region II Office of the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, New York, New York
10278; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th
Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. Copies of the Consent
Decrees 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 copies, please enclose a check in the amount of $8.50 for
the J&M Consent Decree and $7.00 for the JCPLC Consent Decree (25 cents
per page reproduction costs) payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources
Division.
[FR Doc. 96-19733 Filed 8-2-96; 8:45 am]
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