[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 227 (Friday, November 27, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62348-62349]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-28424]


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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 20, 2009, a proposed 
Consent Decree in United States v. Klockner & Klockner Partnership, 
Joseph S.

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Klockner, and Daniel Klockner III, Civil Action No. 2:09-cv-05905-FSH-
PS, 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 Klockner Source Area at 
the Rockaway Borough Well Field Superfund Site (``Site'') in Morris 
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 Klockner & Klockner Partnership (``Klockner 
& Klockner'') was the owner of the Klockner Source Area during a time 
period when hazardous substances were disposed and released there and 
is also the current owner of a portion of the Klockner Source Area. The 
complaint also alleges that Joseph S. Klockner and Daniel Klockner III, 
as the general partners of Klockner & Klockner, are jointly and 
severally liable with Klockner & Klockner for the obligations of 
Klockner & Klockner. The Consent Decree requires Klockner & Klockner, 
Joseph S. Klockner, and Daniel Klockner III (the ``Settling 
Defendants'') to perform the soil remedy selected for the Klockner 
Source Area (``Operable Unit Three'' for the Site) and reimburse the 
United States for future response costs relating to the Klockner Source 
Area. The soil remedy selected for the Klockner Source Area includes 
soil vapor extraction and excavation and off-site treatment or disposal 
of soils contaminated with volatile organic compounds or lead at the 
Klockner Source Area.
    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. Klockner & Klockner Partnership, et al., D.J. Ref. 90-
11-3-923/1.
    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 $47.00 (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. E9-28424 Filed 11-25-09; 8:45 am]
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