[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 224 (Friday, November 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64522-64523]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31003]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that on November 6, 1998, a proposed consent 
decree in United States v. Compaction Systems Corporation, et al., 
Civil Action No. 96-5349, was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the District of New Jersey.
    In this action, the United States alleged, inter alia, that under 
section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9607, the defendants were liable 
for the federal government's costs in responding to the release or 
threatened release of hazardous substances at the Combe Fill North 
Landfill Superfund Site in Mount Olive, Morris Township, New Jersey 
(the Site). The proposed consent decree resolves the United States' 
claim for past response costs against the defendants and third-party 
defendants named in this action, including, among others, Occidental 
Chemical Corporation, Connecticut Resource Recovery Authority, 
Rayonier, Inc., Knoll Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Browning-Ferris 
Industries of North Jersey, Inc. (A complete list of current settling 
parties is contained in the proposed decree; during the period of 
public comment, other parties may be added to that list.) Under the 
terms of the proposed consent decree, the settling parties will pay the 
United States the sum of $7.5 million in reimbursement of past response 
costs 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 partial consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, Department of Justice,

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Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United States v. Compaction 
Systems Corporation, et al., Civil Action No. 99-5349, D.J. Ref. 90-11-
2-1134.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, District of New Jersey, 970 Broad Street, 
Newark, New Jersey 07102, at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
Region II, 290 Broadway, New York, New York 10007-1866, and at the 
Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 
20005. A copy of the proposed consent decree may be obtained in person 
or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 4th 
Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy, please enclose a 
check in the amount of $17.25 (25 cent per page reproduction cost).
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-31003 Filed 11-19-98; 8:45 am]
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