[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 30, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16305-16306]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-6304]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant To Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
Notice is hereby given that on March 22, 2005, a proposed Consent
Decree in United States v. Chemical Waste Management, et al., Civil
Action No. 02-2007, was lodged with the United States District Court
for the District of New Jersey.
The proposed Consent Decree resolves the United States' claims for
reimbursement of response costs, pursuant to section 107(a) of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), and for civil penalties, pursuant to
section 106 of CERCLA, against Waste Management, Inc., Chemical Waste
Management, Inc., SCA Services, Inc., SCA Services of Passaic, Inc.,
Wastequid, Inc., Waste Management Holdings, Inc., Earthline Company,
Anthony Gaess, Transtech Industries, Inc., Filcrest Realty, Inc. Inmar
Associates, Inc., and Kin-Buc, Inc. (``Settling Defendants''), in
connection with the Kin-Buc Landfill Superfund Site, in Edison, New
Jersey (``Site''). Under the proposed Decree, Settling Defendants will:
(1) Pay $2,625,000 in reimbursement of the United States' Site-related
response costs, plus interest; (2) pay $100,000 in civil penalties,
plus interest; (3) perform a Supplemental Environmental Project
(``SEP''), involving (a) The transfer of title to approximately 96
acres of land; (b) the recording of Conservation Easements prohibiting
most use and development of the land in perpetuity; and (c) payment of
$25,000 in SEP funding; and (4) provide Additional Relief, including
the payment of at least $83,000 for the preparation and implementation
of initial and final financing plans, an open space land management
plan, and a wetland restoration plan covering at least the 96 acres. To
become effective, the Consent Decree must be approved by the United
States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
For a period of thirty (30) days after the date of this
publication, the U.S. Department of Justice will accept comments
relating to the proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed
to the Assistant Attorney General of the Environment and Natural
Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice, c/o David L. Weigert,
Esq., Environmental Enforcement Section, PO Box 7611, Ben Franklin
Station, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to United States
v. Chemical Waste Management, et al., Civil Action No. 02-2077, DJ
90-11-3-1563/1.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, District of New Jersey, Peter W. Rodino, Jr.
Federal Building, 970 Broad Street, 7th Floor Newark, New Jersey and
the office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region II, New
Jersey Superfund Branch, 290 Broadway, 19th Floor, New York, New York.
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. Copies of the proposed Consent Decree may
also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, PO 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
number
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(202) 514-0097, phone confirmation number (202) 514-1547. If requesting
a copy of the proposed Consent Decree, including attachments, please
enclose a check in the amount of $70.00 (25 cents per page reproduction
cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.
Ronald G. Gluck,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 05-6304 Filed 3-29-05; 8:45 am]
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