[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 14, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 24330]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12012]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 as 
Amended

    In accordance with Department of Justice policy, 28 CFR Sec. 50.7, 
notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States 
v. Hargovind L. Govani, et al., Civil No. 94-5851 (SMO), was lodged on 
May 3, 1996 with the United States District Court for the District of 
New Jersey. The decree resolves claims of the Untied States against 
defendants A-1 Specialized Service & Supplies, Inc., Ag-Hog/Pittsburgh 
Co., Inc., AgHog/Detroit Co., Archive Management Services, Inc., 
Chesapeake X-Ray Corporation, E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co., Konica 
Imaging U.S.A., Inc., Noble Silver Company, North Central X-Ray, Inc., 
Penn State Industries, Inc., RVS, Inc., Safety Kleen Corporation, 
Safetyloid Co., Inc., Silverion, Inc., Sloan Metal Co., Inc., Sogem 
Afrimet Inc., Springfield Silver Services, Inc., Standard Medical 
Imaging, Inc., Standish X-Ray Corporation, Sun Chemical Corporation, 
and Wallabout Metal, Inc. in the above-referenced action under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA'') for contamination at the Silsonix Superfund Site in the 
Irvington, New Jersey (the ``Site''). The defendants have filed a 
counter-claim against the United States for contribution.
    In the proposed consent decree, the settling defendants agree to 
pay the United States $426,03.83 in settlement of the United States' 
claims for past response costs incurred by the Environmental Protection 
Agency at the Site. Also in the consent decree, the United States on 
behalf of settling federal agencies will reimburse $11,467.17 to the 
Hazardous Substance Superfund.
    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, D.C. 20530, and should refer to the 
United States v. Hargovind L. Govani, et al., DOJ Ref. Number 90-11-2-
1076.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, 970 Broad Street, Newark, NJ; the Region II 
Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, 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 
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 $5.75 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-12012 Filed 5-13-96; 8:45 am]
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