[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 11, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48886-48887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-18399]


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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 July 14, 
2004, a proposed consent decree in the action of United States v. 3M 
Company, et al., C.A. No. 2:04-cv-3331 (HAA), was lodged with the 
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. The 
Consent Decree resolves the claims of the United States against the 
defendants in this action for implementation of the fill area remedy 
(``Operable Unit Two'') at the Scientific Chemical Processing 
(``SCP'')--Carlstadt Superfund Site located in Carlstadt, New Jersey 
(``Site'') and for reimbursement of past response costs relating to the 
Site.
    The Complaint in this action alleges that the defendants are liable 
to the United States under Sections 106 and 107 of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 
U.S.C. 9606, 9607, as generators and/or transporters of materials 
containing hazardous substances that were disposed of at the Site. The 
defendants in this action are:

    3M Company; Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.; Akzo Nobel 
Coatings, Inc.; Altje, Inc.; American Cyanamid--Lederle Labs--
Shulton, Inc.; American Standard Companies; Ashland Inc.; ATOFINA 
Chemicals, Inc.; BASF Corporation; Bayer Chemicals Corporation; Bee 
Chemical Company; Benjamin Moore & Co.; Ber Mar Manufacturing Corp.; 
Borden Chemical, Inc.; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; Browning-Ferris 
Industries of New Jersey; Chemcoat Inc.; Chemical Pollution Control, 
Inc. of NY; Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation; CNA Holdings, 
Inc.; Congoleum Corporation; Crown Beverage Packaging Company, Inc.; 
Cycle Chem, Inc.; Dri Print Foils, Inc.; DuPont Company; Exxon Mobil 
Corporation; ExxonMobile Oil Corporation; General Electric Company; 
General Motors Corporation; Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc.; Honeywell 
International Inc.; ISP Environmental Services Inc.; John L. 
Armitage & Co.; Johnson & Johnson; Kirker Enterprises, Inc.; L.E. 
Carpenter & Company; Lucent Technologies Inc.; Mack Trucks, Inc.; 
Magid Corp.; Mallinckrodt Baker, Inc.; manor Care of American, Inc.; 
Manor Care Health Services, Inc.; Marisol, Inc.; Merck & Co., Inc.; 
Monroe Chemical, Inc.; Nepera, Inc.; New England Laminates Co.; 
Inc.; Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation; Occidental Chemical 
Corporation; PAXAR Corporation; Permacel, Inc.; Pfizer Inc.; 
Pharmacia Corporation; Portfolio One, Inc.; Revlon Consumer Products 
Corporation; Roche Vitamins Inc.; Rohm and Haas Company; Schenectady 
International, Inc.; Seagrave Coatings Corp. (NJ); Siegfried (USA), 
Inc.; Simon Wrecking Company, Inc.; SmithKline Beecham Corporation; 
Technical Coatings Co.; The Continental Group Inc.; The Dow Chemical 
Company; The Warner Lambert Co., LLC; Union Carbide Corporation; 
United Technologies Corporation; and VIACOM Inc.

    Under the proposed Consent Decree, the settling defendants will 
reimburse to

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EPA $1,149,902 of its past costs at this Site, plus interest from 
January 7, 2003, and will perform the Operable Unit Two remedial 
action. The Operable Unit Two remedial action includes the treatment 
and stabilization of a hot spot area, the installation of a landfill 
cap over the fill area, improvement of the existing groundwater 
recovery system, and institutional controls. The cost of the 
performance of the Operable Unit Two remedial action will be financed 
in part from proceeds of a previous settlement with de minimis 
potentially responsible parties relating to the Site and in part by the 
defendants participating in this Consent Decree.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, written comments relating to 
the proposed 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. 3M Company, et al., DOJ Ref. 
09-11-12-495/1. In addition, because the Consent Decree 
includes a covenant not to sue the settling defendants under Section 
7003 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6973, the 
United States will provide an opportunity for a public meeting in the 
affected area, if requested within the thirty (30) day public comment 
period. See 42 U.S.C. 6973(d).
    The proposed 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 U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region II, office, 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, with or without appendices, may also be obtained by mail from 
the Consent Decree Library, PO Box 7611, 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 $29.75 (25 cents per 
page reproduction costs) for the Consent Decree, without appendices, or 
$107.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs) for the Consent Decree, 
with appendices, payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Ronald G. Gluck,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 04-18399 Filed 8-10-04; 8:45 am]
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