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

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[Federal Register: December 14, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 241)]
[Notices]
[Page 78188-78189]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    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 of America v. Chemical Leaman Tank Lines, Inc.
(Civil No. 00CV5715 (SSB), was lodged on November 21, 2000, with the
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. The
proposed consent decree resolves claims of 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. 9607, against Chemical Leaman Tank Lines, Inc. (hereinafter,
defendant) for natural resources damages with respect to the Chemical
Leaman Tank Lines Superfund Site (``Site'') in Logan Township,
Gloucester County, New Jersey.
    Under the terms of the proposed consent decree, defendant will pay
the Natural Resources Trustees for the United States and for the State
of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (``State'') the
total sum of $4,200,000, for reimbursement of assessment costs and
damages to natural resources at the Site. Of the total sum, assessment
costs to be paid to the United States and to the States are $27,739.00
and $20,000.00 respectively. Of the total sum, the United States will
receive $500,000.00 and the State will receive $3,652,261.00 for
natural resources damages. Pursuant to a Cooperative Agreement to be
entered into between the United States and the State, all monies paid
pursuant to the Consent Decree, except for the monies paid for
assessment costs, shall only be spent for the purchase of and
restoration of wetlands and associated uplands; lands to be acquired
will require unanimous consent of the United States and State Trustees.
    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 address to the Assistant
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S.
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington,
D.C. 20044-7611, and should refer to United States of America v.
Chemical Leaman Tank Lines, Inc. (Civil No. 00CV5715 (SSB)), DOJ Ref.
No. 90-11-2-296/1.

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    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the offices of the
United States Department of the Interior, Office of the Solicitor, One
Gateway Center, Suite 612, Newton Corner, MA 02485-2802, and at the
Office of the United States Attorney, District of New Jersey, Camden
Federal Building and Courthouse, 4th Floor, 401 Market Street, Camden,
New Jersey 08101. A copy may be obtained by mail from the Consent
Decree Library, U.S. Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin
Station, Washington, D.C. 20044-7611. In requesting a copy by mail,
please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount
of $5.25 for the Consent Decree (25 cents per page reproduction costs)
made payable to Consent Decree Library. A copy of the Appendices to the
Consent Decree can be ordered by enclosing a check for $78.25 made
payable to the Consent Decree Library (25 cents per page reproduction
costs).

Bruce S. Gelber,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 00-31771 Filed 12-13-00; 8:45 am]
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