[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 28 (Wednesday, February 11, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6690-6691]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-2977]


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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 28 U.S.C. section 50.7 and section 122 of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622, notice is hereby given that on January 
13, 2004, a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. AFG Industries, 
Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 1:04-cv-172, 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 
Department of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), seeks 
reimbursement of certain response costs incurred and to be incurred in 
connection with response actions at the Cinnaminson Groundwater 
Contamination Superfund Site (the ``Site''), located in Townships of 
Cinnaminson and Delran, Burlington County, New Jersey. The Complaint 
alleges that defendants AFG Industries, Inc., Atlantic Metals 
Corporation, the BOC Group, Inc., Del Val Ink & Color, Inc., EPEC 
Polymers, Inc., Ford Motor Company, Hoeganaes Corporation, Honeywell 
International, Inc., L&L Redi-Mix, Inc., Sherman Wire Company, 
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, Twentieth Century Refuse Removal Co., 
SC Holdings, Inc., Waste Management of New Jersey, Inc., Waste 
Management of Pennsylvania, Inc., and Waste Management Disposal 
Services of Pennsylvania, Inc., are liable under section 107(a) of 
CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a). Pursuant to the Consent Decree, the 
defendants will reimburse the plaintiff United States certain response 
costs incurred and to be incurred by the plaintiff in remediating 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, D.C. 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. AFG Industries, Inc., et al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-661B.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, 970 Broad Street, Room 
400, Newark, New Jersey 07102, and at the offices of EPA Region II, 290 
Broadway, New York, New York 10007. During the public comment period, 
the 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 
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

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in the amount to $49.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost), payable 
to the U.S. Treasury.

Ronald Gluck,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 04-2977 Filed 2-10-04; 8:45 am]
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