Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
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[Federal Register: January 26, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 16)]
[Notices]
[Page 3729-3730]
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 Under The Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on January 5, 2005,
a proposed consent decree in United States v. N.P. Industrial Center et
al., Civil Action No. 00-CV-5119, was lodged with the United States
District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
In this action the United States is seeking response costs pursuant
to the Compensation Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., in connection with the N.P.
Industrial Center/United Knitting Machine Company property at the North
Penn Area Six Superfund Site (``Site''), which consists of a
contaminated groundwater plume and a number of separate parcels of
property within and adjacent to the Borough of Lansdale, Montgomery
County, Pennsylvania. The proposed consent decree will resolve the
United States' claims against N.P. Industrial Center, Inc. and United
Knitting Machine Company, Inc. (``Settling Defendants'') in connection
with the N.P. Industrial Center/United Knitting Machine Company
property at the Site. Under the terms of the proposed consent decree,
Settling Defendants will make a cash payment to the United States of
$35,000.00 plus interest to address their liability for past response
costs incurred by the United States at Settling Defendants' property
and will receive a covenant not to sue by the United States for past
response costs under section 107 of CERCLA.
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
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Division, PO Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC
20044-7611, and should refer to United States v. N.P. Industrial Center
et al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-06024/8.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, 615 Chestnut Street, Suite 1250, Philadelphia,
PA 19106, and at U.S. EPA Region III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia,
PA 19103. During the public comment period, the proposed consent decree
may also be examined on the following Department of Justice Web site:
http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html.
A copy of the proposed
consent decree may also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree
Library. PO Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC
20044-7611 or by faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood
tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation
number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the Consent Decree
Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $4.00 (25 cents per
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.
Robert Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 05-1445 Filed 1-25-05; 8:45 am]
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