[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 76 (Wednesday, April 21, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20862-20863]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-9132]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on April 15, 2010, a proposed Consent 
Decree (the ``Consent Decree'') in United States v. Wall Herald 
Corporation, Civil Action No. 3:07-cv-04345 was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
    In this action, the United States sought the recovery of response 
costs pursuant to Section 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Recovery Act, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 
U.S.C.

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9607(a), from Defendant Wall Herald Corporation (``Wall Herald'') for 
response costs incurred and to be incurred by the United States in 
performing response actions at the Monitor Devices/Intercircuits, Inc. 
Superfund Site (``Site'') located in Wall Township, Monmouth County, 
New Jersey. The proposed Consent Decree also resolves Wall Herald's 
counterclaims, pursuant to Sections 107 and 113 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 
9607 and 9613, against the Department of Defense, including but not 
limited to the United States Army and United States Air Force 
(collectively, ``Settling Federal Agencies'').
    Pursuant to the proposed Consent Decree, Wall Herald will pay to 
the United States $19,761,812.93, plus interest, to resolve its 
liability for past and future response costs related to the Site. The 
United States will pay $225,000 to EPA on behalf of the Settling 
Federal Agencies. In exchange for the payments to be made, Wall Herald 
and the Settling Federal Agencies will receive contribution protection 
and a covenant not to sue under Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA for 
remedial cleanup and response costs relating to the Site, subject to 
certain reservations of rights.
    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, and either e-
mailed to [email protected] or mailed to P.O. Box 7611, 
United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and 
should refer to United States v. Wall Herald Corporation, D.J. Ref. 90-
11-3-08985.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, District of New Jersey, 970 Broad Street, 7th Floor, 
Newark, New Jersey 07102, and at United States Environmental Protection 
Agency, Region 2, Office of Regional Counsel, 290 Broadway, New York, 
New York 10007-1866. 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/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the 
Consent Decree may also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree 
Library, P.O. Box 7611, United States 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 in the amount of $8.75 
(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.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-9132 Filed 4-20-10; 8:45 am]
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