[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 72 (Wednesday, April 14, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 19878]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-8473]


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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 50.7, 38 FR 19029, and 
42 U.S.C. 9622(d), notice is hereby given that on March 30, 2004, a 
proposed consent decree in United States v. NCH Corporation, et al., 
Civil Action No. 98-5268(KSH) and United States v. FMC Corporation, et 
al., Civil Action No. 01-0476(KSH), was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the District of New Jersey.
    In these actions the United States sought recovery of response 
costs pursuant to section 107(a) of CERCLA, for costs incurred related 
to the Higgins Farm Superfund Site in Franklin Township, New Jersey and 
the Higgins Disposal Superfund Site in Kingston, New Jersey. The 
consent decree requires Princeton Gamma-Tech, Inc., a third-party 
generator defendant to pay $5,000,000 to the United States.
    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. NCH Corporation, et al., D.J. Ref.  90-11-3-
1486/1 or United States v. FMC Corporation, et al., D.J. Ref.  
90-11-3-1486/2.
    The consent decree may be examined at U.S. EPA Region II, 290 
Broadway, New York, New York 10007-1866 (contact Deborah Schwenk). 
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 $8.25 (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. 04-8473 Filed 4-13-04; 8:45 am]
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