[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 202 (Thursday, October 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54215-54216]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-26617]


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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

    Consistent with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, 38 FR 19029, and 
42 U.S.C. Sec. 9622(d), notice is hereby given that on September 30, 
1996, a proposed consent decree in the consolidated cases, United 
States v. AlliedSignal, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 92-2726 (SSB) 
and Rollins Environmental Services (NJ) Inc., et al. v. United States, 
et al., Civil Action No. 92-1253 (SSB), was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the District of New Jersey. The claims in 
these civil actions relate to the Bridgeport Rental and Oil Services 
(``BROS'') Superfund Site (the ``Site'') in Logan Township, Gloucester 
County, New Jersey.
    The proposed consent decree resolves the United States' claims 
under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9601 et seq., on behalf of 
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), against 89 
corporations and other ``Settling Defendants'' and certain agencies of 
the State of New Jersey (the

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``Settling State Agencies''). The proposed consent decree also resolves 
claims against the United States by the Settling Defendants and the 
State of New Jersey. In addition, the consent decree resolves claims by 
the State of New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection 
(``NJDEP'') against Settling Defendants and claims by Settling 
Defendants against Settling State Agencies.
    Under the terms of the consent decree, the Hazardous Substance 
Superfund will receive approximately $109 million, and NJDEP 
approximately $6.6 million, in satisfaction of liability pursuant to 
Section 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9607, for certain response costs 
previously incurred or to be incurred in connection with the Site. In 
addition, Settling Defendants will perform, subject to certain 
conditions, future response actions at the Site. The settlement 
embodied in the consent decree has a total value to the Hazardous 
Substance Superfund and NJDEP of at least $221.5 million in cash and 
response actions. Approximately $46.7 million of that amount will be 
paid by Settling Defendants and the balance by the United States on 
behalf of Settling Federal Agencies. The total value of the settlement 
could be higher, depending on the cost of certain response actions to 
be performed under the settlement.
    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 decrees. In addition, because the United States is 
further providing defendants with covenants not to sue under Section 
7003 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 
Sec. 6973, the United States will provide an opportunity for a public 
meeting in the affected area, if requested within the thirty (30) day 
public comment period. See 42 U.S.C. Sec. 6973(d). Any comments and/or 
requests for a public meeting should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States v. AlliedSignal, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 92-2726, D.J. 
Ref. 90-11-2-422.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, District of New Jersey, Mitchell H. Cohen 
Courthouse, Fourth and Cooper Streets, Camden, New Jersey, 08101, at 
the Region II office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 290 
Broadway, New York, New York 10007, 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 enclose a check in 
the amount of $71.75 payable to the Consent Decree Library for the 25 
cent per page reproduction cost.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-26617 Filed 10-16-96; 8:45 am]
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