[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 26, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3729-3730]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-1445]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under The Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on January 5, 2005, 
a proposed consent decree in United States v. N.P. Industrial Center et 
al., Civil Action No. 00-CV-5119, was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
    In this action the United States is seeking response costs pursuant 
to the Compensation Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability 
Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., in connection with the N.P. 
Industrial Center/United Knitting Machine Company property at the North 
Penn Area Six Superfund Site (``Site''), which consists of a 
contaminated groundwater plume and a number of separate parcels of 
property within and adjacent to the Borough of Lansdale, Montgomery 
County, Pennsylvania. The proposed consent decree will resolve the 
United States' claims against N.P. Industrial Center, Inc. and United 
Knitting Machine Company, Inc. (``Settling Defendants'') in connection 
with the N.P. Industrial Center/United Knitting Machine Company 
property at the Site. Under the terms of the proposed consent decree, 
Settling Defendants will make a cash payment to the United States of 
$35,000.00 plus interest to address their liability for past response 
costs incurred by the United States at Settling Defendants' property 
and will receive a covenant not to sue by the United States for past 
response costs under section 107 of CERCLA.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 
proposed consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources

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Division, PO Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 
20044-7611, and should refer to United States v. N.P. Industrial Center 
et al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-06024/8.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, 615 Chestnut Street, Suite 1250, Philadelphia, 
PA 19106, and at U.S. EPA Region III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, 
PA 19103. During the public comment period, the proposed 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 proposed consent 
decree may also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library. PO 
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 $4.00 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 05-1445 Filed 1-25-05; 8:45 am]
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