[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 28 (Wednesday, February 11, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6690-6691]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-2977]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
In accordance with 28 U.S.C. section 50.7 and section 122 of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622, notice is hereby given that on January
13, 2004, a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. AFG Industries,
Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 1:04-cv-172, was lodged with the United
States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
In this action the United States, on behalf of the United States
Department of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), seeks
reimbursement of certain response costs incurred and to be incurred in
connection with response actions at the Cinnaminson Groundwater
Contamination Superfund Site (the ``Site''), located in Townships of
Cinnaminson and Delran, Burlington County, New Jersey. The Complaint
alleges that defendants AFG Industries, Inc., Atlantic Metals
Corporation, the BOC Group, Inc., Del Val Ink & Color, Inc., EPEC
Polymers, Inc., Ford Motor Company, Hoeganaes Corporation, Honeywell
International, Inc., L&L Redi-Mix, Inc., Sherman Wire Company,
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, Twentieth Century Refuse Removal Co.,
SC Holdings, Inc., Waste Management of New Jersey, Inc., Waste
Management of Pennsylvania, Inc., and Waste Management Disposal
Services of Pennsylvania, Inc., are liable under section 107(a) of
CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a). Pursuant to the Consent Decree, the
defendants will reimburse the plaintiff United States certain response
costs incurred and to be incurred by the plaintiff in remediating 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 Consent
Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General,
Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S.
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20044-7611, and should refer to
United States v. AFG Industries, Inc., et al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-661B.
The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United
States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, 970 Broad Street, Room
400, Newark, New Jersey 07102, and at the offices of EPA Region II, 290
Broadway, New York, New York 10007. During the public comment period,
the Consent Decree, may also be examined on the following Department of
Justice Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the
Consent Decree may also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree
Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC
20044-7611 or by faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood
([email protected]), fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation
number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the Consent Decree
Library, please enclose a check
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in the amount to $49.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost), payable
to the U.S. Treasury.
Ronald Gluck,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 04-2977 Filed 2-10-04; 8:45 am]
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