Notice of Consent Judgments Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Consent Judgments Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

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

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

proposed Consent Decrees in United States v. J & M Land Company and

Jersey Central Power & Light Company, Inc., Civ. Action No. 96-3457

were lodged in the United States District Court for the District of New

Jersey on July 15, 1996. The proposed Consent Decrees resolve the

United States' claims against J & M Land Company (``J&M'') and Jersey

Central Power & Light Company, Inc. (``JCPLC''), under Section 107(a)

of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability

Act (``CERCLA''), as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), concerning response

actions at the Imperial Oil/Champion Chemical Superfund Site located in

the Township of Marlboro, Monmouth County, New Jersey (the ``Site'').

Under the terms of the settlement with J&M, J&M has agreed to pay

$30,000 to the Superfund, to grant EPA and the State access to its

property for response actions, and to put into place institutional

controls as directed by EPA. In return, the United States will release

J&M from liability for past and future response costs at the Site.

Under the terms of the settlement with JCPLC, JCPLC has agreed to pay

$67,500 to the Superfund, to grant EPA and the State access to its

property for response actions, and to put into place institutional

controls as directed by EPA. In return, the United States will release

JCPLC from liability for past and future response costs at the Site.

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

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

the proposed Consent Decrees. 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 United States v. J & M Land Company and Jersey Central Power &

Light Company, Inc., Civ. Action No. 96-3457, DOJ #90-11-2-946A.

The proposed Consent Decrees may be examined at the Office of the

United States Attorney, District of New Jersey, 402 East State Street,

Trenton, New Jersey 08608; at the Region II Office of the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, New York, New York

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

Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. Copies of the Consent

Decrees 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 copies, please enclose a check in the amount of $8.50 for

the J&M Consent Decree and $7.00 for the JCPLC Consent Decree (25 cents

per page reproduction costs) payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources

Division.

[FR Doc. 96-19733 Filed 8-2-96; 8:45 am]

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