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

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## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Notice
- **Published:** March 5, 1996
- **Citation:** 61 FR 8642

## Text

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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

Notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in the
consolidated actions entitled Elf Atochem North America, Inc. versus
United States, et al., Civil Action No. 92-7458 and United States
versus Witco Corporation, Civil Action No. 94-0662 (E.D. Pa.), was
lodged on February 27, 1996, with the United States District Court for
the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The consent decree resolves the
United States' claim, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (``EPA''), against defendant Witco Corporation (``Witco'') in
Civil Action No. 94-0662, and Witco's counterclaim against the United
States, on behalf of the Departments of Commerce, the Army, and the
General Services Administration (``Settling Federal Agencies''), in
Civil Action No. 94-0662 under the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA'') for
contamination at the Myers Property Superfund Site in Franklin
Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey (the ``Site''). In the proposed
consent decree, Witco will pay the United States $400,000 in settlement
of the United States' claims for past response costs incurred by EPA at
the Site, and to dismiss its counterclaim against the Settling Federal
Agencies. The Settling Federal Agencies agree to pay into the Hazardous
Substance Superfund the sum of $600,000 in reimbursement of EPA's past
response costs.
The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the
proposed

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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 Elf Atochem North
America, Inc. versus United States, et al., Civil Action No. 92-7458
and United States versus Witco Corporation, Civil Action No. 94-0662
(E.D. Pa.), DOJ Ref. Number 90-11-2-662A.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, 615 Chestnut Street, Suite 1250, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania 19106; the Region Ii Office of the Environmental
Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, New York, NY 10278; and 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 $7.50
(25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree
Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-5034 Filed 3-4-96; 8:45 am]
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