[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 193 (Friday, October 4, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53179-53180]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-21575]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On September 27, 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 v. Cassidy Painting 
Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 1:19-cv-18472-RMB-AMD. In the filed 
complaint, the United States, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency (``EPA''), alleges that the defendants are liable 
under Section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), for past response 
costs EPA incurred to respond to releases and threatened releases of 
hazardous substances into the environment at the Superior Barrel and

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Drum Site located in Gloucester County, New Jersey. The proposed 
consent decree requires the group of defendants to pay $3.4 million, 
plus interest from July 1, 2019, to EPA, in settlement of the United 
States' claim for past response costs against these defendants.
    The group of defendants is composed of Cassidy Painting Inc., 
Cleveland Steel Container Corporation, Coating Development Group, Inc., 
Congoleum Corporation, Durand Glass Manufacturing Company, LLC, Expert 
Management Inc., Atlantic Associates International Incorporated, d/b/a 
Hibrett Puratex, Incineration Recycling Services, Inc., Johnson Matthey 
Inc., LCRES Holdings, Inc., LCR Embedded Systems, Inc., LCR 
Electronics, Inc., Martin Corp., National Casein of New Jersey, 
National Chemical Laboratories of Pa., Inc., Occidental Chemical 
Corporation, Ocean Yachts, Inc., Polymeric Systems Inc., PRC-DeSoto 
International, Inc., Puritan Products, Inc., Recycle Inc. East, R.H. 
Sheppard Co., Inc., Richland Glass Co., Inc.,
    Rohm and Haas Company, The Sherwin-Williams Company, Stem Brothers, 
Inc., Straight Arrow Products, Inc., Thermoseal Industries LLC, Trex 
Properties LLC, United Asphalt Co., VP Racing Fuels, Inc., and The 
Worthington Steel Company.
    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. Cassidy Painting Inc., et al., D.J. 
Ref. No. 90-11-3-11831. 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 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 $12.00 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost), payable to the United States Treasury.

Jeffrey Sands,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
& Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-21575 Filed 10-3-19; 8:45 am]
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