[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 48 (Thursday, March 11, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 11650]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-5418]


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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. 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 March 2, 
2004, a proposed Consent Decree in the consolidated actions of United 
States v. Marvin Mahan, et al., C.A. No. 00CV4953 (WHW) and United 
States v. Transtech Industries, Inc., C.A. No. 01-5398 (WHW), was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the District of New 
Jersey.
    In these consolidated actions in 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 
Chemsol, Inc. Superfund Site, located in Piscataway, New Jersey (the 
``Site''). The Complaints allege that defendants Marvin Mahan, Tang 
Realty, Inc., and Transtech Industries, Inc., are liable under section 
107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a). Pursuant to the Consent Decree, 
the defendants will reimburse, on an ability to pay basis, the 
plaintiff United States for 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, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. Marvin Mahan, et al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-06104/1&2.
    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 in the amount of $12.00 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost), payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Robert Gluck,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 04-5418 Filed 3-10-04; 8:45 am]
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