[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 20, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10911-10912]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-4060]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA'')

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United 
States and New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection v. 
Marisol, Inc., Civ. Action No. 94-3687 (D.N.J.), was lodged on January 
19, 2001 with the United States District Court for the District of New 
Jersey. The consent decree concerns hazardous waste contamination at 
the Lang Property Superfund Site (the ``Site''), located in Pemberton 
Township, New Jersey. The consent decree would resolve Marisol, 
Incorporated's (``Marisol'') liability for reimbursement of past 
response costs incurred by the United States in connection with the 
Site. The United States filed a complaint on behalf of the United 
States Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') against Marisol. The 
consent decree requires Marisol to reimburse the EPA Hazardous 
Substance Superfund $9,787,500.00 for its past costs pertaining 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 consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 
7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should 
refer to United States and New Jersey Department of Environmental 
Protection v. Marisol, Inc., DOJ Ref. # 90-11-2-519A.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, 402 East State 
St., Room 502, Trenton, New Jersey, 08608 (contact Assistant United 
States Attorney Irene Dowdy); and the Region II Office of the

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Environmental Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, New York, New York 
10007-1866 (contact Assistant Regional Counsel Patricia Hick). A copy 
of the proposed consent decree may be obtained by mail from the Consent 
Decree Library, PO Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611. In requesting a 
copy please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the 
amount of $7.50 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the 
Consent Decree Library.

Bruce S. Gelber,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-4060 Filed 2-16-01; 8:45 am]
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