[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 75 (Thursday, April 18, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 19237]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-9376]


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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 v. Royal Recovery Systems, Inc. and Elliot Packer, Civ. No. 02-
1148 (WGB), was lodged on March 21, 2002 with the United States 
District Court for the District of New Jersey. The Consent Decree 
concerns hazardous waste contamination at the Royal Recovery Systems, 
Inc. Superfund Site (the ``Site''), located in Newark, Essex County, 
New Jersey. The Consent Decree, which takes into account the Settling 
Defendants' limited ability to pay, would resolve the liability of 
Elliot Packer and Royal Recovery Systems, Inc. against whom the United 
States filed a complaint on behalf of the United States Environmental 
Protection Agency (``EPA'') for reimbursement of past response costs 
incurred by the United States in connection with the Site. EPA incurred 
approximately $342,000 in past response costs relating to this Site. 
Under the terms of the Consent Decree, the Settling Defendants would be 
obligated to pay the United States $70,000 plus interest. In addition 
to this amount, Defendant Packer may be required to pay the United 
States an additional sum of up to $40,000 in three years.
    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 v. Royal Recovery Systems, et al., DOJ Ref. #90-
11-3-06154.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, 502 Federal 
Building, 970 Broad Street (contact Assistant United States Attorney 
Susan Cassell); and the Region II Office of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, New York, New York 10007-1866 (contact 
Assistant Regional Counsel, Muthu Sundram). A copy of the proposed 
consent decree may be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 
P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611 or by faxing a request to 
Tonia Fleetwood, fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation number 
(202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy please refer to the referenced 
case and enclose a check in the amount of $6.00 (25 cents per page 
reproduction costs) for the Consent Decree, payable to the U.S. 
Treasury.

Ronald Gluck,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-9376 Filed 4-17-02; 8:45 am]
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