[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 9, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 32782]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-14480]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA'')

    On May 6, 2019, 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 of America, New Jersey 
Department of Environmental Protection, and Administrator of the New 
Jersey Spill Compensation Fund v. Ford Motor Co. and the Borough of 
Ringwood, Civil Action No. 2:19-cv-12157.
    The United States seeks reimbursement of response costs incurred 
under Section 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA'') for response actions at or 
in connection with the release or threatened release of hazardous 
substances at Operable Unit 2 of the Ringwood Mines/Landfill Superfund 
Site (the ``Site'') in Ringwood, New Jersey.
    Under the proposed consent decree, Settling Defendants will remove 
contaminated soil and install caps at three locations within the Site: 
The Peters Mine Pit Area, the Cannon Mine Pit Area, and the O'Connor 
Disposal Area. In conjunction with the soil remediation, the Borough of 
Ringwood will install a recycling center on the O'Connor Disposal Area. 
The proposed consent decree requires Ford Motor Company to pay 
approximately $5.7 million for past response costs of both the United 
States and the State of New Jersey. The proposed consent decree will 
resolve the United States' CERCLA claims alleged in this action, and 
the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's Spill Act 
claims alleged in this action. The proposed consent decree will not 
resolve claims related to groundwater contamination at the Site, which 
will be addressed at a future point.
    On May 9, 2019, the Department of Justice published a notice in the 
Federal Register opening a public comment on the consent decree for a 
period of sixty (60) days, through July 8, 2019. By this notice, the 
Department of Justice is extending the public comment by an additional 
twenty-one (21) days, through July 29, 2019. Comments should be 
addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division, Environmental Enforcement Section, and should refer 
to United States of America, New Jersey Department of Environmental 
Protection, and Administrator of the New Jersey Spill Compensation Fund 
v. Ford Motor Co. and the Borough of Ringwood, D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-
830/1. All comments must be submitted no later than July 29, 2019. 
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 website: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. 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 $44.25 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Jeffrey Sands,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-14480 Filed 7-8-19; 8:45 am]
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