Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 as Amended

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 as

Amended

In accordance with Department of Justice policy, 28 CFR Sec. 50.7,

notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States

v. Hargovind L. Govani, et al., Civil No. 94-5851 (SMO), was lodged on

May 3, 1996 with the United States District Court for the District of

New Jersey. The decree resolves claims of the Untied States against

defendants A-1 Specialized Service & Supplies, Inc., Ag-Hog/Pittsburgh

Co., Inc., AgHog/Detroit Co., Archive Management Services, Inc.,

Chesapeake X-Ray Corporation, E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co., Konica

Imaging U.S.A., Inc., Noble Silver Company, North Central X-Ray, Inc.,

Penn State Industries, Inc., RVS, Inc., Safety Kleen Corporation,

Safetyloid Co., Inc., Silverion, Inc., Sloan Metal Co., Inc., Sogem

Afrimet Inc., Springfield Silver Services, Inc., Standard Medical

Imaging, Inc., Standish X-Ray Corporation, Sun Chemical Corporation,

and Wallabout Metal, Inc. in the above-referenced action under the

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

(``CERCLA'') for contamination at the Silsonix Superfund Site in the

Irvington, New Jersey (the ``Site''). The defendants have filed a

counter-claim against the United States for contribution.

In the proposed consent decree, the settling defendants agree to

pay the United States $426,03.83 in settlement of the United States'

claims for past response costs incurred by the Environmental Protection

Agency at the Site. Also in the consent decree, the United States on

behalf of settling federal agencies will reimburse $11,467.17 to the

Hazardous Substance Superfund.

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, D.C. 20530, and should refer to the

United States v. Hargovind L. Govani, et al., DOJ Ref. Number 90-11-2-

1076.

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

United States Attorney, 970 Broad Street, Newark, NJ; the Region II

Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, New York,

NY 10278; and the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th

Floor, Washington, D.C. 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, N.W. 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 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 M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 96-12012 Filed 5-13-96; 8:45 am]

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