[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 120 (Thursday, June 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37528-37529]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-13400]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On June 14, 2022, 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. Kaydon 
Acquisition XI, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 2:22-cv-03759-CCC-JRA. 
The three defendants are Kaydon Acquisition XI, Inc., K. Hovnanian Port 
Imperial Urban Renewal, Inc., and Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. 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

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hazardous substances into the environment at the M.C. Canfield Sons Co. 
Site located in Newark, New Jersey. The proposed consent decree 
requires the defendants to pay $1.5 million, plus interest from April 
1, 2022, to EPA, in settlement of the United States' claim for past 
response costs against the defendants.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the proposed consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
and should refer to United States v. Kaydon Acquisition XI, Inc., et 
al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-11062/1. 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 proposed 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 $4.75 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost), payable to the United States Treasury.

Henry S. Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
& Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-13400 Filed 6-22-22; 8:45 am]
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