[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 48 (Tuesday, March 11, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13010-13011]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-4720]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreement Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that on March 4, 2008, the United States 
moved to reopen United States v. Ruetgers Organics Corporation (fka 
Ruetgers-Nease Corporation), No. 4-96-2128, in order to lodge a 
proposed ``Agreement and Order Regarding Modification of the Consent 
Decree to Include Reimbursement for Past and Future Oversight Costs'' 
(``Modification Agreement''). The Modification Agreement amends the 
Consent Decree (``1997 Consent Decree'') lodged on December 6, 1996, in 
the United States District Court for the Middle District of 
Pennsylvania and entered on January 2, 1997. The Modification Agreement 
is intended only to replace the provisions specifically referred to, 
essentially to include oversight costs within the definition of 
response costs. All other provisions of the 1997 Consent Decree remain 
in force.
    The 1997 Consent Decree resolved the claims of the United States 
under Sections 106 and 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606 
and 9607, for past response costs and certain response actions at the 
Centre County Kepone Superfund Site in Centre County, Pennsylvania. The 
Modification Agreement obligates the Settling Defendant to reimburse 
the United States $628,164.79 for additional United States' past 
response costs and to agree to reimbursement of future costs.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 
proposed Modification Agreement. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
and either e-mailed to [email protected] or mailed to P.O. 
Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and 
should refer to United States v. Ruetgers Organics Corporation, D.J. 
Ref. 90-11-3-1436.
    The Modification Agreement may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney in the Middle District of Pennsylvania at the 
William J. Nealon Federal Building and Courthouse, 235 N. Washington 
Ave., Suite 311, Scranton, PA 18503. It may also be examined at U.S. 
EPA Region III at 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. 
During the public comment period, the Modification Agreement may also 
be examined on the following Department of Justice Web site http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html.
    A copy of the proposed Modification Agreement 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

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confirmation no. (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the Consent 
Decree Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $4.75 (25 cents 
per page reproduction cost) payable to the ``U.S. Treasury'' or, if by 
e-mail or fax, forward a check in that amount to the Consent Decree 
Library at the stated address.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice.
 [FR Doc. E8-4720 Filed 3-10-08; 8:45 am]
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