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 50.7,

notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in the action

entitled United States and State of New Jersey versus Irving I. Ellis,

Civil Action No. 93-1661 (GEB) (D.N.J.), was lodged on January 16, 1997

with the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.

The proposed consent decree resolves the claims by the United States

and the State of New Jersey under the Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended

(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601-9675, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency and the New Jersey Department of Environmental

Protection against the defendant, Irving I. Ellis. These claims are for

recovery of response costs

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incurred and to be incurred by the United States and the State of New

Jersey in connection with the Ellis Property Superfund Site (``Site'')

in Burlington County, New Jersey.

Under the terms of the proposed consent decree, Mr. Ellis, the

owner of the Site, will sell the Site after its remediation and pay 43

percent of the proceeds of the sale to the United States and 17 percent

of the proceeds to the State of New Jersey in reimbursement of 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 consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant

Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S.

Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to

United States and State of New Jersey versus Irving I. Ellis, Civil

Action No. 93-1661 (GEB), DOJ Ref. No. 90-11-3-1140.

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

United States Attorney, 970 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102; the

Region II Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 290 Broadway,

New York, New York 10007-1866; and the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G

Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, telephone (202) 624-

0892. A copy of the proposed consent decree may be obtained in person

or by mail from the Consent Decree Library. In requesting a copy,

please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount

of $7.25 (25 cents per page reproduction costs) made payable to Consent

Decree Library.

Joel Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 97-2665 Filed 2-3-97; 8:45 am]

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