[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 193 (Friday, October 4, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 53179]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-21578]


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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. Mahogany Company 
of Mays Landing, Inc., Civil Action No. 1:19-cv-18481-RMB-AMD. In the 
filed complaint, the United States, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency (``EPA''), alleges that Mahogany Company of Mays 
Landing, Inc. (``Mahogany'') is 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 Drum Site located in Gloucester 
County, New Jersey. The proposed consent decree requires Mahogany to 
pay $375,000, in five annual installments, with interest, to EPA, in 
settlement of the United States' claim for past response costs against 
Mahogany.
    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. Mahogany Company of Mays Landing, 
Inc., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-11831/2. 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 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 $5.00 (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. 2019-21578 Filed 10-3-19; 8:45 am]
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