[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 27, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 70811]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-28734]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
of 1980, as Amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. Sec.  9601 et seq.

    On November 16, 2012, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
consent decree with the United States District Court for the District 
of New Jersey in the lawsuit entitled United States v. Honeywell 
International, Inc., Civil Action No. 2:12-cv-7091-SRC-CLW. The 
proposed consent decree provides for the performance of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA'') remedial action selected by the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') for the Quanta Resources 
Superfund Site located in Edgewater, New Jersey (``Site''), and payment 
of EPA's unreimbursed past costs and future response costs at the Site 
related to the Operable Unit 1 (``OU1'') remedy.
    The proposed consent decree is between Plaintiff the United States 
of America, and the following Defendants: Honeywell International, 
Inc., Hudson River Associates, LLC, Metropolitan Consom, LLC, Quanta 
Resources Corporation, BASF Corporation, Beazer East, Inc., BFI Waste 
Systems of New Jersey, Inc., Borgwarner Inc., Buckeye Partners, LP, 
Quality Carriers, Colonial Pipeline Company, Consolidated Rail 
Corporation, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Ford Motor Company, General 
Dynamics Land Systems Inc., Miller Brewing Company, NEAPCO, Inc., 
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Petroleum Tank Cleaners, Inc., 
Rome Strip Steel Company, Inc., Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., United 
Technologies Corporation, Hess Corporation, and Textron, Inc.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
should refer to United States v. Honeywell International, Inc., D.J. 
Ref. No. 90-11-3-10445. All comments must be submitted no later than 
thirty (30) days after the publication date of this notice. Comments 
may be submitted either by email or by mail:

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           To submit  comments:                     Send them to:
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By email..................................  pubcomment-
                                             [email protected].
By mail...................................  Assistant Attorney General,
                                             U.S. DOJ-ENRD, P.O. Box
                                             7611, Washington, DC 20044-
                                             7611.
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    During the public comment period, the consent decree may be 
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. We will provide a paper copy 
of the consent decree upon written request and payment of reproduction 
costs. Please mail your request and payment to: Consent Decree Library, 
U.S. DOJ-ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611.
    Please enclose a check or money order for $60.75 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury. For a paper 
copy without the exhibits and signature pages, the cost is $12.00.

Ronald G. Gluck,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2012-28734 Filed 11-26-12; 8:45 am]
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