[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 168 (Wednesday, August 31, 1994)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 

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

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, 38 Fed. Reg. 
19029, and 42 U.S.C. 9622(d), notice is hereby given that a proposed 
consent decree in United States v. USX Corp., et al., Civil Action No. 
90-3068, was lodged on August 12, 1994, with the United States District 
Court for the District of New Jersey. The Consent Decree addresses the 
United States' claim for past response costs incurred at the Tabernacle 
Drum Dump Site in Tabernacle, New Jersey. The Consent Decree requires 
that defendants USX Corp., Attwoods Inc., Paul C. Murphy, Inc., 
Churchdale Leasing Inc., and Eastern Solid Waste Equipment Co. 
(collectively hereinafter referred to as ``settling defendants'') pay 
to the United States $1.71 million to reimburse the United States for 
its past response costs. Additionally, the settling defendants are 
required to pay simple interest on $1.71 million calculated from March 
11, 1994, until the date of payment to the United States.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States v. USX Corp., et al., DOJ Ref. # 90-11-2-138B.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, 402 East State 
Street, Room 502 Trenton, New Jersey, 08608; the Region II Office of 
the Environmental Protection Agency, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, New 
York, 10278; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th 
Floor, Washington, DC 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed 
consent decree may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent 
Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In 
requesting a copy please refer to the referenced case and enclose a 
check in the amount of $5.75 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel Gross,
Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 94-21422 Filed 8-30-94; 8:45 am]
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