[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 4 (Wednesday, January 7, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 938]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-336]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on December 15, 
2003, a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Stepan Company, 
Civil Action No. 03-5897, was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the District of New Jersey.
    In this action, the United States asserted claims against Stepan 
Company: (1) Under Section 106(b)(1) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 
9606(b)(1), for civil penalties for Stepan's failure to comply with an 
administrative order issued by EPA requiring the performance of a soil 
investigation at the D'Imperio Property Superfund Site in Hamilton 
Township, New Jersey (Site) and (2) under Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 
U.S.C. 9607(a), for recovery of response costs incurred regarding the 
Site. The proposed consent decree embodies an agreement with Stepan to 
pay a $30,000 civil penalty and $35,000 of response costs. The decree 
provides Stepan with a covenant not to sue under Sections 106(b)(1) and 
107(a) of CERCLA.
    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, 
Environmental and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. Stepan Company, D.J. No. 90-11-3-942/1.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, United States Courthouse, Rm. 2070, 4th & Cooper 
Streets, Camden, NJ 08101, and at the Region II Office of the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region II Records Center, 290 
Broadway, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10007-1866. During the public 
comment period, the Consent Decree also may be examined on the 
following Department of Justice Web site, 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 no. (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 $4.25 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Ronald G. Gluck,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 04-336 Filed 1-6-04; 8:45 am]
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