[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 250 (Wednesday, December 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71952-71953]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34640]


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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 December 16, 1998, a proposed 
consent decree in United States v. Rohm & Haas Company, Inc., et al., 
Civil Action No. 85-4386 (JHR), was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the District of New Jersey.
    In this action, the United States alleged under Section 107 of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9607, that, inter alia, Owens-Illinois, Inc. 
(OI) was liable for the federal government's costs in responding to the 
release or threatened release of hazardous substances at the Lipari 
Landfill Superfund Site in Mantua Township, Gloucester County, New 
Jersey (the Site). Under the terms of the proposed consent decree, OI 
will pay the United States the sum of $13.3 million dollars with 
respect to the United States' claims. This settlement, in conjunction 
with earlier settlements in this matter, will result in the United 
States recovering $119.8 million in cash and work in relation to the 
Site, a recovery of over 87% of total Site costs.
    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, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should 
refer to United States v. Rohm & Haas, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 
85-4386, D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-86.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, District of New Jersey, 402 East State Street, 
Trenton, New Jersey 08606, 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, N.W., 3rd Floor, Washington, 
D.C. 20005. A copy of the proposed consent decree may be obtained in 
person or by mail from the

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Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 3rd Floor, Washington, 
D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount 
of $9.00 (25 cent per page reproduction cost).
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-34640 Filed 12-29-98; 8:45 am]
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