Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

Notice is hereby given that on November 6, 1998, a proposed consent

decree in United States v. Compaction Systems Corporation, et al.,

Civil Action No. 96-5349, was lodged with the United States District

Court for the District of New Jersey.

In this action, the United States alleged, inter alia, that under

section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,

and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9607, the defendants were liable

for the federal government's costs in responding to the release or

threatened release of hazardous substances at the Combe Fill North

Landfill Superfund Site in Mount Olive, Morris Township, New Jersey

(the Site). The proposed consent decree resolves the United States'

claim for past response costs against the defendants and third-party

defendants named in this action, including, among others, Occidental

Chemical Corporation, Connecticut Resource Recovery Authority,

Rayonier, Inc., Knoll Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Browning-Ferris

Industries of North Jersey, Inc. (A complete list of current settling

parties is contained in the proposed decree; during the period of

public comment, other parties may be added to that list.) Under the

terms of the proposed consent decree, the settling parties will pay the

United States the sum of $7.5 million in reimbursement of past response

costs with respect to 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 partial consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the

Assistant Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources

Division, Department of Justice,

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Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United States v. Compaction

Systems Corporation, et al., Civil Action No. 99-5349, D.J. Ref. 90-11-

2-1134.

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

United States Attorney, District of New Jersey, 970 Broad Street,

Newark, New Jersey 07102, at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Region II, 290 Broadway, New York, New York 10007-1866, and at the

Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC

20005. 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 enclose a

check in the amount of $17.25 (25 cent per page reproduction cost).

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 98-31003 Filed 11-19-98; 8:45 am]

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