[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 8, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 7584]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-3053]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Modified Consent Decree Pursuant to the 
Ocean Dumping Ban Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a Supplemental Order on Consent Modifying the Consent 
Decree Entered on September 12, 1989, between the United States, the 
State of New Jersey and the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners 
(``modified Consent Decree'') in United States and the State of New 
Jersey v. Joint Meeting of Essex and Union Counties, et al., (D.N.J.) 
89 Civ. 3339 (HAA), was lodged on January 31, 1995, with the United 
States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
    The proposed modified Consent Decree requires that Passaic Valley 
Sewerage Commissioners (``PVSC'') implement beneficial use of 100% of 
its sludge product no later than June 31, 2001. However, the modified 
Consent Decree could require PVSC to implement beneficial use of 100% 
of its sludge product at earlier dates, depending upon the contractors 
PVSC procures to implement its beneficial use program. The United 
States, New Jersey and PVSC entered into the original Consent Decree on 
September 12, 1989. The Original Consent Decree and its modification 
enforce the Ocean Dumping Ban Act, 33 U.S.C. 1401 et seq. (``ODBA'').
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed modified Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should 
refer to United States and the State of New Jersey v. Joint Meeting of 
Essex and Union Counties, et al., DOJ Ref. # 90-5-1-1-3505.
    The proposed modified Consent Decree may be examined at the United 
States Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey, Federal 
Building, Room 502, 970 Broad Street, Newark, NJ 07102; the Region II 
Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 26 Federal Plaza, New 
York, NY 10278; and the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 
4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the 
proposed modified Consent Decree may be obtained in person or by mail 
from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, 
Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy please refer to the 
referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $3.50 (25 cents 
per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce Gelber,
Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 95-3053 Filed 2-7-95; 8:45 am]
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