[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 137 (Thursday, July 17, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 42426]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-18053]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

    In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 U.S.C. 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that on June 26, 2003, a proposed Consent Decree in United 
States v. Tifa Realty, Inc. and Tifa Ltd., Civil Action No. 03-3056 
(JCL) was lodged with the United States District Court for the District 
of New Jersey.
    In this action the United States, on behalf of the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), sought cost recovery with 
respect to the Asbestos Dump Superfund Site, located in Long Hill 
Township, Morris County, New Jersey (``the Site''), under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA'') against Tifa Realty, Inc. and Tifa Ltd. (``Tifa''). Under 
the terms of the proposed settlement, Tifa will pay approximately 
$965,000 to reimburse the United States for costs incurred by EPA at 
the Site. This settlement amount is based on Tifa's limited ability to 
pay the full amount of EPA's unreimbursed response costs. The proposed 
settlement also provides for payment of $1 million by the United 
States, on behalf of the United States Navy and the Army Corps of 
Engineers, to satisfy a claim for contribution under CERCLA by Tifa. 
This settlement amount of behalf of the Navy and Corps will also 
partially reimburse EPA's response costs incurred 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 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. Tifa Realty, Inc. and Tifa Ltd., D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-
07175.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, 970 Broad Street, 7th Floor, Newark, New Jersey 07102, 
and at U.S. EPA Region II, 290 Broadway, 17th Floor, New York, New York 
10007-1866. During the public comment period, the Consent Decree, may 
also be examined on the following Department of Justice website, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the Consent Decree may also 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 
number (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In 
requesting a copy from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a 
check in the amount of $8.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) 
payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Ronald Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 03-18053 Filed 7-16-03; 8:45 am]
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