[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 164 (Friday, August 25, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 58311]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18295]


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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 August 21, 2023, 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 v. TCI 
Pacific Communications, LLC, Civil Action No. 2:23-cv-06076. The United 
States seeks reimbursement of response costs under section 107 of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA'') in connection with the Barth Smelting Corporation Site 
located in the City of Newark, Essex County, New Jersey. Under the 
proposed consent decree, the Settling Defendant (TCI Pacific 
Communications, LLC) agrees to pay the United States $950,000 to 
resolve the United States' claim for past response costs arising from a 
removal action by the Environmental Protection Agency to address lead-
contaminated soil at the Site.
    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, 
Environmental Enforcement Section, and should refer to United States of 
America v. TCI Pacific Communications, LLC, Civil Action No. 2:23-cv-
06076, D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-12493. 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 $4.25 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost), for the consent decree with appendix payable to the 
United States Treasury.

Henry S. Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-18295 Filed 8-24-23; 8:45 am]
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