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Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA'')

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[Federal Register: July 31, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 146)]
[Notices]
[Page 38230-38231]
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 (``CERCLA'')

    Notice is hereby given that on July 21, 2009, a proposed Consent
Decree in United States v. Princeton Gamma-Tech, Inc., et al. (D.N.J.)
No. 91-809 (AET), was lodged with the United States District Court for
the District of New Jersey.
    In this action, the United States sought the recovery of response
costs pursuant to Section 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Recovery Act, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42
U.S.C. 9607(a), from Defendants for response costs incurred at the
Rocky Hill Municipal Wellfield Superfund Site and the Montgomery
Township Housing Development Superfund Site (the ``Sites''), located in
Somerset County, New Jersey. Pursuant to the proposed Consent Decree,
the Settling Defendants will pay to the United States $1,842,500 in
reimbursement of past and future response costs incurred by the United
States with respect to the Sites. In addition, the Settling Defendants
will pay $907,500 to the State of New Jersey in reimbursement of past
and future response costs and natural resources damages related to the
Sites. The proposed Consent Decree provides the Settling Defendants
with a covenant not to sue pursuant to Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA,
42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Consent
Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General,
Environment and Natural Resources Division, and either e-mailed to
pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov or mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S.
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to
United States v. Princeton Gamma-Tech, Inc., et al. (D.N.J.) No., D.J.
Ref. 90-11-2-290.
    The consent decree may be examined at the Office of the United
States Attorney, District of New Jersey,

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Clarkson S. Fisher Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, 402 E. State
Street Trenton, New Jersey 08608 (contact AUSA Irene Dowdy), and at
U.S. EPA Region II, 290 Broadway, New York, New York 10007-1866
(contact Amelia Wagner). During the public comment period, the Consent
Decree, may also be examined on the following Department of Justice Web
site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the
consent decree may also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree
Library, P.O. 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 $14.00 (25 cents per
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. E9-18267 Filed 7-30-09; 8:45 am]
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