[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 42 (Wednesday, March 3, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10061-10062]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-4762]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA'')

    Consistent with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 507.38 FR 19029, and 42 
U.S.C. Sec.  9622(d), notice is hereby given that on February 11, 2004, 
a proposed consent decree in United States v. Princeton Gamma-Tech, et 
al., Civil Action No. 91-809 (AET), was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the District of New Jersey.
    In this action the United States sought recovery of response costs 
pursuant to section 107(a) of CERCLA, for costs incurred related to the 
Montgomery Township Housing Development Superfund Site and the Rocky 
Hill Municipal Wellfield site located in Somerset County, New Jersey. 
The consent decree requires defendant Princeton Gamma-Tech, Inc. to pay 
a total of $21.5 million to the United States and the State of New 
Jersey. The United States will receive $14,204,000 in reimbursement of 
past and future response costs at the Sites, and the State of New 
Jersey will receive $7,296,000 in reimbursement of past and future 
response costs as well as natural resource damages. 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. 
Princeton Gamma-Tech, Inc., et al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-290.
    The consent decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, District of New Jersey, Clarkson S. Fisher Federal 
Building and U.S. Courthouse, 402 E. State Street, Trenton, New Jersey 
08608 (contact AUSA Irene Dowdy), and at U.S. EPA Region II, 290 
Broadway, New York, New York 10007-1866 (contact Amelia Wagner). 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 in the amount of

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$16.50 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. 
Treasury.

Ronald G. Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 04-4762 Filed 3-2-04; 8:45 am]
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