[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 246 (Friday, December 21, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75659-75660]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-30733]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On December 14, 2012, the United States Department of Justice 
lodged a proposed First Amended Consent Decree (``Decree'') with the 
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey in the 
lawsuit entitled United States v. Johnson & Johnson, et al., Civil 
Action No. 06-6077 (FSH). The proposed Decree provides for the 
performance of a remedial action, pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601, 
et seq., for soils and groundwater contamination (``Operable Unit 
Two'') selected by the United States Environmental Protection Agency 
for the Horseshoe Road Drum Disposal (``HRDD'') portion of the 
Horseshoe Road Superfund Site and the adjacent Atlantic Resources 
Corporation (``ARC'') Superfund Site in Sayreville, New Jersey. The 
proposed Decree would supersede an existing consent decree in this 
action which provides for ARC Operable Two remedial action but does not 
provide for HRDD Operable Unit Two remedial action.
    The Operable Unit Two remedial action for the ARC and HRDD sites 
will be performed by a group of Settling Work Defendants, consisting of 
Johnson & Johnson, Permacel, Inc., 3M Company, Lionetti Oil Recovery, 
Inc., and Fry's Metals, Inc. The United States on behalf of the 
Department of Defense and a group of De Minimis Settling Defendants, 
consisting of Novartis Corporation, Essex Chemical Corporation, Chevron 
Environmental Management Company, Union Carbide Corporation, Advanced 
Environmental Technology Corporation, AT&T Corp., The City of 
Philadelphia, Honeywell International Inc., ICI Americas Inc., 
International Paper Company, ITT Corporation, JPMorgan Chase Bank, 
N.A., North Jersey Media Group, Philips Electronics North America 
Corporation, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway, Saint 
Peter's University Hospital, Inc., and Sun Chemical Corporation, will 
contribute to the costs of the performance of the work. The proposed 
Decree also provides for reimbursement of EPA's HRDD past costs in the 
amount of $1,979,206.75. The proposed Decree includes the United 
States' covenants not to sue or take administrative action against the 
settling defendants with respect to the HRDD Operable Unit Two remedial 
action, HRDD past costs, and an Operable Unit Three relating to the 
marsh and Raritan River adjacent to the ARC and Horseshoe Road sites.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the First Amended Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
and should refer to United States v. Johnson & Johnson, et al., D.J. 
Ref. No. 90-11-3-480/4. All comments must be submitted no later than 
thirty (30) days after the

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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........................  [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 $57.75 (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 $27.00.

Ronald G. Gluck,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2012-30733 Filed 12-20-12; 8:45 am]
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