[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 216 (Tuesday, November 10, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58046-58047]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-26973]


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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 November 2, 2009, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. Township of Brick, New Jersey, Civil Action 
No. 3:09-cv-05592-FLW-TJB, was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the District of New Jersey.
    In this action, the United States seeks, inter alia, injunctive 
relief and cost recovery with respect to the Brick Township Landfill 
Superfund Site in Ocean County, New Jersey, under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 
9601, et seq. The complaint in this matter alleges that the Township of 
Brick was/is the past/current owner and/or operator of the Site, during 
which time hazardous substances were disposed and released there. The 
Consent Decree requires the Township of Brick to reimburse the United 
States all of its past response costs in the amount of $246,833; pay 
the United States all future response costs; and perform the remedy at 
the Site, which includes the installation of a solid waste landfill cap 
and implementation a groundwater monitoring program.

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    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. Township of Brick, New Jersey, D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-
09738.
    During the public comment period, the Consent Decree, 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 $ 28.50 (25 cents per 
page reproduction costs of Consent Decree and Appendices) 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. E9-26973 Filed 11-9-09; 8:45 am]
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