[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 49 (Thursday, March 13, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 11918]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-6274]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, 38 FR 19029, 
and 42 U.S.C. 9622(d), notice is hereby given that a proposed consent 
decree in United States versus Renora, Inc., et al., Civ. No. 86-3462 
(AMW) was lodged on February 26, 1997 in the United States District 
Court for the District of New Jersey and that a proposed consent decree 
amendment in United States and State of New Jersey v. Alcan Aluminum 
Corp., et al., Civ. Nos. 88-4646/88-4670 (NHP) was lodged on February 
11, 1997 in the United States District Court for the District of New 
Jersey.
    The consent decree and second order modifying consent decree both 
address the hazardous waste contamination at the Renora Superfund Site 
in Edison, New Jersey. The consent decree provides for the United 
States to receive at least $294,000 in reimbursement of response costs 
incurred and to be incurred by EPA at the Site. The second order 
modifying consent decree provides for a group of parties to implement 
the remedial action selected by the Environmental Protection Agency in 
the Record of Decision for the Site dated September 29, 1987, as 
amended by EPA's ROD Amendment for the Site dated September 30, 1994.
    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 and proposed second order modifying 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. 
Renora, Inc., et al. and United States and State of New Jersey v. Alcan 
Aluminum Corp., et al.,  DOJ Ref. Nos. 90-11-3-113 & 113A.
    The proposed settlement may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, 970 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey; the Region II 
Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, New York, 
New York; and the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th 
Floor, Washington, DC. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed 
consent decree and proposed second order modifying consent decree may 
be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 
G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, DC. 20005. In requesting a copy 
please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check made payable to 
the Consent Decree Library in the amount of $10.25 (25 cents per page 
reproduction costs).
Joel M. Gross,
Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-6274 Filed 3-12-97; 8:45 am]
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