[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 220 (Thursday, November 14, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68476-68477]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-27197]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On November 6, 2013, the United States Department of Justice lodged 
a proposed Operable Unit Three Consent Decree (``Decree'') with the 
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey in the 
lawsuit entitled United States v. Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., et 
al., Civil Action No. 13-6695 (CCC) (MF).
    The proposed consent decree provides for the performance of a 
remedial action, pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec.  9601, et seq., selected 
by the United States Environmental Protection Agency for Operable Unit 
Three (``OU 3'') at the Scientific Chemical Processing (``SCP'') 
Superfund Site in Carlstadt, Bergen County, New Jersey.
    The OU 3 remedial action for the SCP Carlstadt site will be 
performed by a group of Settling Defendants, consisting of Air Products 
and Chemicals, Inc., Akzo Nobel Coatings, Inc., Alcatel-Lucent USA 
Inc., ARKEMA Inc., Ashland Inc., Avantor Performance Materials, Inc., 
Avery Dennison Corporation, BASF Corporation, Benjamin Moore & Co., Ber 
Mar Manufacturing Corp., Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Browning-Ferris 
Industries of New Jersey, Inc., CBS Corporation, Chemcoat Inc., CNA 
Holdings LLC, Continental Holdings Inc., Cycle Chem, Inc., Cytec 
Industries, Inc., Dri-Print Foils, Inc., E. I. du Pont de Nemours and 
Company, Exxon Mobil Corporation/ExxonMobil Oil Corporation, General 
Electric Company, GlaxoSmithKline, LLC, Goodrich Corporation, HCR 
ManorCare, Inc., Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc., Honeywell International Inc., 
John L. Armitage & Co., Johnson & Johnson, Kirker Enterprises, Inc., 
L.E. Carpenter & Company, LANXESS Corporation, Mack Trucks, Inc., Merck 
& Co., Inc., Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc., Nepera, Inc., New 
England Laminates Co., Inc., Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, 
Occidental Chemical Corporation, Pan Technology, Inc., Permacel, Pfizer 
Inc, Pharmacia LLC, Revlon Consumer Products Corporation, Rohm and Haas 
Company, Seagrave Coatings Corp. (NJ), SI Group, Inc., Siegfried (USA), 
Inc., Simon Wrecking Company, Inc./Simon Resources, Inc./Mid State 
Trading Co., The Dow Chemical Company, The Warner Lambert Co., LLC, 3M 
Company, Trane U.S., Inc., Union Carbide Corporation, United 
Technologies Corporation, and Veolia ES Technical Solutions, L.L.C. The 
proposed consent decree also requires the defendants to pay $50,000 for 
reimbursement of EPA past costs at the site.
    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. Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., et 
al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-

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11-2-495/2. 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 e-mail...........................  [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 $48.75 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury. For a paper 
copy without the appendices and signature pages, the cost is $12.25.

Robert E. Maher, Jr.,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-27197 Filed 11-13-13; 8:45 am]
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