[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 129 (Friday, July 5, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 44877]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-16778]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA'')

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United 
States v. Acme Alloys et al., Civ. No. 02-2886 (WHW), was lodged with 
the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey on June 
6, 2002, (``De Minimis Consent Decree''). The De Minimis Consent Decree 
will resolve the liability of eleven parties against whom the United 
States asserted a claim on behalf of the United States Environmental 
Protection Agency under sections 106 and 107(a) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9670(a), for injunctive relief and 
recovery of costs incurred by the United States in connection with the 
NL Industries Superfund Site in Pedricktown, New Jersey. The De Minimis 
Consent Decree requires 11 generators of hazardous substances to pay 
$460,000, which will be deposited into a special account to pay for 
response activities at 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 De Minimis Consent Decree and Consent Order. Comments should 
be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division, PO Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, 
Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to United States v. Acme 
Alloys, et al., DOJ Ref. 90-11-2-1075/2.
    The proposed De Minimis Consent Decree may be examined at the 
office of the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, 
502 Federal Building, 970 Broad Street (contact Assistant United States 
Attorney Susan Cassell); and the Region II Office of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, New York, New York 10007-1866 (contact 
Assistant Regional Counsel, Damaris Cristiano). A copy of the proposed 
De Minimis Consent Decree may be obtained by mail from the Consent 
Decree Library, PO Box 7611, Washington, DC. 20044-7611 or by faxing a 
request to Tonia Fleetwood, fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation 
number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy please refer to the 
referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $9.00 (25 cents 
per page reproduction costs) for the De Minimis Consent Decree and 
Consent Order, payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Ronald Gluck,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-16778 Filed 7-3-02; 8:45 am]
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