[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 89 (Thursday, May 8, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 24757]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-11402]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to Comprehensive 
Environment Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that on April 17, 2003, a proposed consent 
decree in United States v. Wyeth, et al, Civil Action No. 03-1758, was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the District of New 
Jersey.
    In this action, the United States alleges under, inter alia, 
Section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9607, that Wyeth, f/k/a American 
Home Products, Corporation, and Wyeth Holdings Corporation, f/k/a 
American Cyanamid Company, are liable for the federal government's 
costs in responding to the release or threatened release of hazardous 
substances at the American Cyanamid Superfund Site in Bridgewater 
Township, Somerset County, New Jersey (the Site). Under the terms of 
the proposed consent decree, the settling defendants will pay the 
United States the sum of $220,000 with respect to the United States' 
claims.
    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 of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States v. Wyeth, et al., Civil Action No. 03-1758, D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-
07250.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, District of New Jersey, 970 Broad Street, 
Newark, New Jersey 07102, and at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
Region II, 290 Broadway, New York, New York 10007-1866. During the 
public comment period, the proposed consent decree, may also be 
examined on the following Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the proposed consent decree may 
be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, 
U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611 or by faxing or 
e-mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood ([email protected]), fax 
no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation number (202) 514-1547. If 
requesting a copy of the proposed consent decre, please so note and 
enclose a check in the amouint of $4.50 (25 cent per page reproduction 
cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Ronald Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 03-11402 Filed 5-7-03; 8:45 am]
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