[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 163 (Wednesday, August 23, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 49474]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-7108]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on August 9, 2006, a proposed consent 
decree in United States v. NCH Corporation, et al., Civil Action No. 
98-5268 (SDW) and United States v. FMC Corporation, et al., Civil 
Action No. 01-0476 (JCL), 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 FMC Corporation to pay $14,500,000, plus 
interest from June 1, 2004 until date of payment, in reimbursement of 
the United States' response costs at the Higgins Farm Superfund Site; 
pay $2 million, plus interest from June 1, 2004 until date of payment, 
in reimbursement of the United States' past response costs at the 
Higgins Disposal Superfund Site; and pay $225,000.00 to reimburse the 
United States for the interim costs incurred at the Higgins Disposal 
Superfund Site while the settlement was being negotiated.
    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 the Office of the United 
States Attorney, 970 Broad Street Suite 700, Newark, NJ 07102 (contact 
Susan Steele) and 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/Consent_Decree.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 $10.00 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury or, 
if by e-mail of fax, forward a check in that amount to the Consent 
Decree Library at the stated address.

Ronald G. Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 06-7108 Filed 8-22-06; 8:45 am
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