[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 136 (Wednesday, July 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 38117]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-18621]


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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

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in the action 
entitled United States v. Browning-Ferris Industries of South Jersey, 
Inc., Civil Action No. 97-3320 (GEB) (D.N.J.), was lodged on July 2, 
1997, with the United States District Court for the District of New 
Jersey. The proposed consent decree resolves the United States's claims 
against nine potentially responsible parties (``Settling Defendants'') 
at the Lone Pine Landfill Superfund Site (``Site'') under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9601 et seq., on behalf of the Department 
of the Interior (``DOI'') and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration (``NOAA''), for damages for injury to, destruction of, 
or loss of natural resources, including costs of assessment. The Site 
is located in Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey. The 
consent decree will also resolve the claims of the State of New Jersey, 
on behalf of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, 
against the Settling Defendants with respect to natural resource 
damages at the Site. The claims of the State of New Jersey were filed 
in an action entitled State of New Jersey v. Browning-Ferris Industries 
of South Jersey, Inc., Civil Action No. 97-3321 (GEB) (D.N.J.).
    Under the proposed consent decree, the Settling Defendants have 
agreed to create, restore and/or enhance about 13 acres of wetlands 
located at the Site and to create about 10 acres of forested wetlands 
at an off-Site parcel. The Settling Defendants have also agreed to pay 
$80,974 to DOI and $38,838 to the State of New Jersey to reimburse them 
for their past and future costs of assessment as well as the cost to be 
incurred in overseeing the Settling Defendants' mitigation work.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of up to 
thirty days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed consent decree. Any comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, Department of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, 
D.C. 20530, and should refer to United States v. Browning-Ferris 
Industries of South Jersey, Inc., DOJ Ref. Number 90-11-2-294D.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the United States 
Attorney's Office, District of New Jersey, 402 East State Street, 
Trenton, New Jersey 08608 (contact Irene Dowdy at 609-989-0562) 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 refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount 
of $30.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the 
Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-18621 Filed 7-15-97; 8:45 am]
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