[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 173 (Thursday, September 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 46826]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22571]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United 
States versus Rohm and Haas Company, et al., Civil Action No. 85-4386, 
was lodged on August 21, 1996, with the United States District Court 
for the District of New Jersey, Camden Vicinage. The proposed decree 
resolves the United States' claims under CERCLA against defendants 
Manor Care, Inc., Manor Healthcare Corp., and Portfolio One, Inc. (the 
``Manor Defendants'') with respect to the Lipari Landfill Superfund 
Site, in Mantua Township, New Jersey. The Manor Defendants are the 
alleged successors to a transporter that disposed of hazardous 
substances at the Site. Under the terms of the proposed decree, the 
Manor Defendants will pay $2,100,000 in reimbursement of past and 
future response costs incurred and to be incurred by the United States 
and the State of New Jersey.
    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 
United States versus Rohm and Haas Company, et al., DOJ Ref. #90-11-3-
86.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, 402 East State Street, Trenton, New Jersey; the 
Region II Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 26 Federal 
Plaza, New York, New York; and at 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 $11.25 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the 
Consent Decree Library.
Joel Gross,
Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-22571 Filed 9-4-96; 8:45 am]
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