[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 146 (Friday, July 31, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 38230]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-18268]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on July 21, 2009, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. Princeton Gamma-Tech, Inc., et al. (D.N.J.) 
No. 91-809 (AET), was lodged with the United States District Court for 
the District of New Jersey.
    In this action, the United States sought the recovery of response 
costs pursuant to section 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 
U.S.C. 9607(a), from certain Defendants for response costs incurred at 
the Rocky Hill Municipal Wellfield Superfund Site and the Montgomery 
Township Housing Development Superfund Site (the ``Sites''), located in 
Somerset County, New Jersey. Pursuant to the proposed Consent Decree, 
Frederick Van Cleef and Cornelius DeCicco (``Settling Defendants'') 
will pay to the United States $234,500 in reimbursement of past and 
future response costs incurred by the United States with respect to the 
Sites. In addition, the Settling Defendants will pay $155,000 to the 
State of New Jersey in reimbursement of past and future response costs 
and natural resources damages related to the Sites. The proposed 
Consent Decree provides the Settling Defendants with a covenant not to 
sue pursuant to sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 
9607.
    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, and either e-mailed to 
[email protected] or mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. Princeton Gamma-Tech, Inc., et al. (D.N.J.) No. , D.J. 
Ref. 90-11-2-290.
    The consent decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, District of New Jersey, Clarkson S. Fisher Federal 
Building and U.S. Courthouse, 402 E. State Street, Trenton, New Jersey 
08608 (contact AUSA Irene Dowdy), and at U.S. EPA Region II, 290 
Broadway, New York, New York 10007-1866 (contact Amelia Wagner). 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_Decrees.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 $13.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) 
payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. E9-18268 Filed 7-30-09; 8:45 am]
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