[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 47 (Tuesday, March 11, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 11223]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5924]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Consistent with Departmental policy, 28 C.F.R. 50.7, and 42 U.S.C. 
9622(d), notice is hereby given that on February 25, 1997, two proposed 
consent decrees in United States v. American Optical Corporation, et. 
al., Civil Action No. 97-CV-847, were lodged with the United States 
District Court for the District of New Jersey. These two proposed 
consent decrees resolve the United States' claims under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., on behalf of the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') against nine defendants 
relating to the Nascolite Corporation Superfund Site (``Site'') located 
on Doris Avenue in Millville and Vineland, Cumberland County, New 
Jersey.
    One consent decree is a de minimis decree entered into pursuant to 
Section 122(g) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9622(g). Under the terms of 
the de minimis decree, the five defendants will pay $894,626 for 
unreimbursed response costs and a premium payment in satisfaction of 
their liability for past and future response costs at the Site. The 
second Consent Decree (``Second Consent Decree'') requires the four 
defendants to complete specified work at the Site and to pay $800,000 
to the United States for unreimbursed response costs incurred with 
respect to the Site.
    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, since the United States is 
further providing the parties to the Second Consent Decree with 
covenants not to sue under Section 7003 of the Resource Conservation 
and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 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. 
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, D.C. 
20530, and should refer to United States v. American Optical 
Corporation, et. al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-492.
    Both proposed consent decrees may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Cohen Federal Courthouse, 1 Gerry Plaza, 4th 
and Coopers Streets, Camden, New Jersey 08101, and at the Region II 
office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, New York, 
New York 10007-1866, and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, 
N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of 
either 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 indicate which 
consent decree is desired and enclose a check (there is a 25 cent per 
page reproduction cost) in the amount of $5.50 for the de minimis 
Decree and/or a check in the amount of $32.25 for the Second Consent 
Decree payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-5924 Filed 3-10-97; 8:45 am]
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