[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 13 (Tuesday, January 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 3055]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1320]


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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 v. Air Products and Chemicals, et al., Civil Action No. 92-3860 
(JBS) (consolidated with Civil Action No. 84-0152 (JBS)), was lodged on 
January 2, 1997 with the United States District Court for the District 
of New Jersey. The Settlers are 273 defendants in the pending 
litigation related to the Gloucester Environmental Management Services 
(``GEMS'') Landfill Superfund Site (``Site'') in Gloucester Township, 
Camden County, New Jersey.
    Under the terms of the proposed decree, 21 Reopener Settling 
Defendants will perform certain remedial activities involving the 
construction and operation of a groundwater extraction system and an 
on-site groundwater pre-treatment system. In addition, the Reopener 
Settling Defendants and the 252 De Minimis Settling Defendants will pay 
the United States and the State of New Jersey $9.6 million in 
settlement of past costs, of which the United States receives $3.275 
million, and for natural resource damages.
    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 v. Air Products and Chemicals, et al. D.J. reference #90-
11-2-292A.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, 970 Broad 
Street, Room 502, Newark, New Jersey; the Region II Office of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, New York, New York; and 
at 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 enclose a check in the amount of $17.50 for 
solely the consent decree text and an additional $241.25 if copies of 
the appendices are also requested, or a total of $258.75 for both the 
text and the appendices (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. 97-1320 Filed 1-17-97; 8:45 am]
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