[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 241 (Thursday, December 14, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78188-78189]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-31771]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

    In accordance with Department of Justice policy, 28 CFR 50.7., 
notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in the action 
entitled United States of America v. Chemical Leaman Tank Lines, Inc. 
(Civil No. 00CV5715 (SSB), was lodged on November 21, 2000, with the 
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. The 
proposed consent decree resolves claims of the United States and the 
State of New Jersey under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 
U.S.C. 9607, against Chemical Leaman Tank Lines, Inc. (hereinafter, 
defendant) for natural resources damages with respect to the Chemical 
Leaman Tank Lines Superfund Site (``Site'') in Logan Township, 
Gloucester County, New Jersey.
    Under the terms of the proposed consent decree, defendant will pay 
the Natural Resources Trustees for the United States and for the State 
of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (``State'') the 
total sum of $4,200,000, for reimbursement of assessment costs and 
damages to natural resources at the Site. Of the total sum, assessment 
costs to be paid to the United States and to the States are $27,739.00 
and $20,000.00 respectively. Of the total sum, the United States will 
receive $500,000.00 and the State will receive $3,652,261.00 for 
natural resources damages. Pursuant to a Cooperative Agreement to be 
entered into between the United States and the State, all monies paid 
pursuant to the Consent Decree, except for the monies paid for 
assessment costs, shall only be spent for the purchase of and 
restoration of wetlands and associated uplands; lands to be acquired 
will require unanimous consent of the United States and State Trustees.
    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 address to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. 
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, 
D.C. 20044-7611, and should refer to United States of America v. 
Chemical Leaman Tank Lines, Inc. (Civil No. 00CV5715 (SSB)), DOJ Ref. 
No. 90-11-2-296/1.

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    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the offices of the 
United States Department of the Interior, Office of the Solicitor, One 
Gateway Center, Suite 612, Newton Corner, MA 02485-2802, and at the 
Office of the United States Attorney, District of New Jersey, Camden 
Federal Building and Courthouse, 4th Floor, 401 Market Street, Camden, 
New Jersey 08101. A copy may be obtained by mail from the Consent 
Decree Library, U.S. Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin 
Station, Washington, D.C. 20044-7611. In requesting a copy by mail, 
please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount 
of $5.25 for the Consent Decree (25 cents per page reproduction costs) 
made payable to Consent Decree Library. A copy of the Appendices to the 
Consent Decree can be ordered by enclosing a check for $78.25 made 
payable to the Consent Decree Library (25 cents per page reproduction 
costs).

Bruce S. Gelber,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 00-31771 Filed 12-13-00; 8:45 am]
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