[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 57 (Monday, March 25, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 17941]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-06741]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on March 19, 2013, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. SL Industries, Inc. and SL Surface 
Technologies, Inc., Civil Action No. 1:13-cv-01690-JBS-KMW, was lodged 
with the United States Court for the District of New Jersey.
    In this action brought pursuant to Sections 106, 107, and 113(g)(2) 
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. 9606, 9607 and 9613(g)(2) 
(``CERCLA''), the United States seeks injunctive relief requiring SL 
Industries, Inc. and SL Surface Technologies, Inc. (``Settling 
Defendants'') to perform the remedy selected by the Environmental 
Protection Agency (``EPA'') in the Record of Decision for Operable Unit 
2 (``OU2'') of the Puchack Well Field Superfund Site (``Site'') located 
in Pennsauken Township, Camden County, New Jersey. The United States 
also seeks to recover costs incurred and to be incurred by the United 
States in response to releases or threatened releases of hazardous 
substances at or from the Site.
    The settlement, based on Settling Defendants' limited ``ability to 
pay,'' requires Settling Defendants to undertake a Remedial Design/
Remedial Action for OU2, which includes remediation of hexavalent 
chromium in soils at Settling Defendants' facility. The settlement also 
requires Settling Defendants to reimburse EPA $10,704,583 in past 
response costs by making five equal payments, plus interest, over the 
course of approximately four years. The Consent Decree also requires 
Settling Defendants to reimburse EPA's future oversight costs related 
to OU2.
    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. SL Industries, Inc. and SL Surface 
Technologies, Inc.., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-09813. 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...............................  [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 decrees may be 
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. We will provide paper copies 
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 $73.00 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-06741 Filed 3-22-13; 8:45 am]
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