[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 161 (Friday, August 20, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51483-51484]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-20655]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act

    Notice is hereby given that on August 9, 2010, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. Middlesex County Utilities Authority, et 
al., Civil Action No. 3:10-cv-04058-MLC-LHG, was filed with the United 
States District Court for the District of New Jersey. In this action, 
the United States sought penalties and injunctive relief for the 
Defendants' violations of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7411 et seq., 
and the New Jersey Air Pollution Control Act, N.J.S.A. 26:2C-1 et seq., 
at the Middlesex County landfill in East Brunswick, New Jersey.
    To resolve the United States' claims, the Defendants will pay a 
penalty of $1,330,150 to the United States and New Jersey, and shall 
upgrade the Middlesex County Landfill Gas Collection and Control 
System, and operate that system in compliance with regulations 
promulgated pursuant to the Clean Air Act.
    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 
either: United States v. Middlesex County Utilities Authority, et al., 
Civil Action No. 3:10-cv-04058-MLC-LHG, or D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-09328. 
The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United States 
Attorney, District of New Jersey, 970 Broad Street, Room 502, Newark, 
New Jersey 07102, and at the United States Environmental Protection 
Agency, 290 Broadway New York, New York 10007-1866. 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,

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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, payable to the U.S. Treasury, in the 
amount of $14.00 (25 cents per page reproduction cost), or, if by e-
mail or fax, forward a check in the applicable amount to the Consent 
Decree Library at the stated address.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-20655 Filed 8-19-10; 8:45 am]
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