[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 209 (Friday, October 30, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56215-56216]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-26156]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on October 26, 2009, a proposed 
Settlement Agreement in In re Hercules Chemical Company, Inc., Case No. 
08-27822-MS, was lodged with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the 
District of New Jersey.
    In this action, the United States filed a proof of claim seeking 
reimbursement for response and natural resource damage assessment costs 
from the Debtor under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601, et seq., with respect 
to the Diamond Alkali Superfund Site (the Passaic River Matter) in 
Newark, NJ. The Settlement Agreement provides that Hercules will 
provide the United States a general unsecured claim of $200,000.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 
Settlement Agreement. 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 In re

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Hercules Chemical Company, Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-07683/7.
    During the public comment period, the Settlement Agreement, may 
also be examined on the following Department of Justice Web site, to 
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 $4.00 (25 cents per 
page reproduction costs of the Settlement Agreement) payable to the 
U.S. Treasury or, if by e-mail or fax, forward a check in that amount 
to the Consent Decree Library at the stated address.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. E9-26156 Filed 10-29-09; 8:45 am]
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