Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA'')

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA'')

In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, 38 Fed. Reg.

19029, and 42 U.S.C. 9622(d), notice is hereby given that a proposed

consent decree in United States v. USX Corp., et al., Civil Action No.

90-3068, was lodged on August 12, 1994, with the United States District

Court for the District of New Jersey. The Consent Decree addresses the

United States' claim for past response costs incurred at the Tabernacle

Drum Dump Site in Tabernacle, New Jersey. The Consent Decree requires

that defendants USX Corp., Attwoods Inc., Paul C. Murphy, Inc.,

Churchdale Leasing Inc., and Eastern Solid Waste Equipment Co.

(collectively hereinafter referred to as ``settling defendants'') pay

to the United States $1.71 million to reimburse the United States for

its past response costs. Additionally, the settling defendants are

required to pay simple interest on $1.71 million calculated from March

11, 1994, until the date of payment to the United States.

The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30)

days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the

proposed consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant

Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division,

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United

States v. USX Corp., et al., DOJ Ref. # 90-11-2-138B.

The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the

United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, 402 East State

Street, Room 502 Trenton, New Jersey, 08608; the Region II Office of

the Environmental Protection Agency, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, New

York, 10278; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th

Floor, Washington, DC 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed

consent decree may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent

Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In

requesting a copy please refer to the referenced case and enclose a

check in the amount of $5.75 (25 cents per page reproduction costs),

payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Joel Gross,

Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 94-21422 Filed 8-30-94; 8:45 am]

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