[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 199 (Thursday, October 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 55410]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27694]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act; Jerome 
Lightman, et al.

    In accordance with Departmental policy 28 C.F.R. 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Jerome 
Lightman, et al., Civil Action No. 92-4710 (JBS), was lodged on October 
2, 1998 with the United States District Court for the District of New 
Jersey.
    The proposed Consent Decree embodies an agreement with 20 
potentially responsible parties (``PRPs'') at the Site to pay $7.1 
million in settlement of claims for EPA's past response costs at the 
Site. The payments made by the settlers will be used to reimburse past 
costs incurred at the Site.
    The Consent Decree provides the settling defendants with a covenant 
not to sue for civil liability for EPA's past CERCLA response costs at 
the Site and future oversight costs in connection with the settling 
defendants' performance of the remedy at 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 Decree.
    Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General for 
the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice, 
P.O. Box 7611, Washington, D.C. 20044-7611, and should refer to United 
States v. Jerome Lightman, et al., DOJ Ref. No. 90-11-3-942A.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, U.S. Courthouse, Room 2070, 4th and Cooper 
Streets, Camden, New Jersey 08101; the Region II Office of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region II Records Center, 290 
Broadway, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10007-1866; and at the Consent 
Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., Fourth 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., Fourth Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a 
copy, please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the 
amount of $9.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the 
Consent Decree Library.
Bruce Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-27694 Filed 10-14-98; 8:45 am]
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