[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 62 (Thursday, April 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 15795]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7973]


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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

    Consistent with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 507.7, 38 FR 19029, and 
42 U.S.C. 9622(d), notice is hereby given that on March 12, 1999, a 
proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Janssen Ortho LLC, Civil 
Action No. 99-1261 SEC, was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the District of Puerto Rico. The proposed Consent Decree will 
resolved the United States' claims under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 
42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency (``EPA'') against defendant relating to the Janssen, Inc. 
Superfund Site (``Site'') located in Gurabo, Puerto Rico. The Complaint 
alleges that the defendant is liable under section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 
U.S.C. 9607(a).
    Pursuant to the Consent Decree, the settling defendant will 
implement the remedy selected in the September 30, 1997 Record of 
Decision (``ROD'') for the Site, estimated to cost approximately $15 
million, reimburse the United States for 100% of its past costs 
($865,972.33) and pay all EPA future response costs, as defined in the 
Consent Decree.
    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. Any comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer 
to United States v. Janssen Ortho LLC, Civil Action No. 99-1261 SEC, 
D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-1768.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, District of Puerto Rico, Federal Building, 
Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico 00918 and at Region II, Office of 
the Environmental Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, New York, NY 10007-
1866 and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 3rd Floor, 
Washington, DC 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, NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In 
requesting a copy, please enclose a check (there is a 25 cent per page 
reproduction cost) in the amount of $41.25 payable to the Consent 
Decree Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environmental and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-7973 Filed 3-31-99; 8:45 am]
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