Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act; Jerome Lightman, et al.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act; Jerome

Lightman, et al.

In accordance with Departmental policy 28 C.F.R. 50.7, notice is

hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Jerome

Lightman, et al., Civil Action No. 92-4710 (JBS), was lodged on October

2, 1998 with the United States District Court for the District of New

Jersey.

The proposed Consent Decree embodies an agreement with 20

potentially responsible parties (``PRPs'') at the Site to pay $7.1

million in settlement of claims for EPA's past response costs at the

Site. The payments made by the settlers will be used to reimburse past

costs incurred at the Site.

The Consent Decree provides the settling defendants with a covenant

not to sue for civil liability for EPA's past CERCLA response costs at

the Site and future oversight costs in connection with the settling

defendants' performance of the remedy at the Site.

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,

P.O. Box 7611, Washington, D.C. 20044-7611, and should refer to United

States v. Jerome Lightman, et al., DOJ Ref. No. 90-11-3-942A.

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

United States Attorney, U.S. Courthouse, Room 2070, 4th and Cooper

Streets, Camden, New Jersey 08101; the Region II Office of the

Environmental Protection Agency, Region II Records Center, 290

Broadway, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10007-1866; and at the Consent

Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., Fourth 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., Fourth Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a

copy, please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the

amount of $9.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the

Consent Decree Library.

Bruce Gelber,

Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 98-27694 Filed 10-14-98; 8:45 am]

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