[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 1 (Thursday, January 2, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 128-129]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-33082]


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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. Aerosystems, et al., Civ. No. 89-1780 (D.N.J.), was lodged 
with the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey on 
December 10, 2002

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(``Consent Decree''). The Consent Decree resolves the liability of all 
of the defendants, against whom the United States asserted a claim on 
behalf of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') 
under sections 106 and 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compresentation, and Liability Act, as amended (``CERCLA''), 
42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607(a), and the New Jersey Uniform Fraudulent 
Transfer Act, N.J.S. Sec. Sec.  25:2-20 et seq for injunctive relief 
and recovery of costs incurred by the United States in connection with 
the Metaltec/Aerosystems Superfund Site, located in Franklin, New 
Jersey.
    This is an ability to pay settlement based upon expert review of 
financial documentation provided to the United States by the 
defendants. This settlement calls for the liquidation of the Superfund 
Site property, in addition to an up-front cash payment to the United 
States of $60,000.00 and an additional $480,000.00 in installment 
payments over the next five years. These funds will be deposited into a 
special account to pay for response activities at 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, PO Box 
7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should 
refer to United States v. Aerosystems, et al., DOJ Ref. 90-11-
3-416.
    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, Amelia Wagner). A copy of the proposed 
Consent Decree may be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 
PO 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 $10.00 (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. 02-33082 Filed 12-31-02; 8:45 am]
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