[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 195 (Friday, October 8, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62422-62423]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-25419]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
Notice is hereby given that on October 4, 2010, a proposed Consent
Decree in United States v. Quality Distribution, Inc., Civil Action No.
1:10-cv-05098-NLH-KMW, was lodged with the United States District Court
for the District of New Jersey.
The proposed Consent Decree will settle the United States' claims
on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') against
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Defendant Quality Distribution, Inc. (``QDI''), pursuant to Sections
106 and 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,
and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607, with respect
to the Chemical Leaman Tank Lines, Inc. Superfund Site, in Bridgeport,
Logan Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey (``Site''). The Site is
on the National Priorities List established pursuant to Section 105(a)
of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9605(a). Pursuant to the Consent Decree, QDI will:
pay $1,570,000 in reimbursement of the United States' past response
costs for ``Operable Unit 2'' (``OU2''), a category of remedial action
addressing sources of groundwater contamination at the Site; reimburse
the United States for its future response costs related to OU2 and to
``Operable Unit 3,'' a category of remedial action addressing wetland
contamination at the Site. In addition, QDI will finance and perform a
remedy selected by EPA for OU2, estimated to cost $5,030,000.
The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the
proposed Consent Decree for a period of 30 days from the date of this
publication. Comments on the Consent Decree should be addressed to the
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division,
and either e-mailed to [email protected] or mailed to P.O.
Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and
should refer to United States v. Quality Distribution, Inc., Civil
Action No. 1:10-cv-05098-NLH-KMW, D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-296/2.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, District of New Jersey, Camden Federal Building
and U.S. Courthouse, 401 Market Street, 4th Floor, Camden, NJ 08101,
and at EPA, Region 2, 290 Broadway, New York, New York 10007-1866.
During the public comment period, the proposed Consent Decree may also
be examined at the following Department of Justice Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the proposed
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
([email protected]), fax number (202) 514-0097, phone
confirmation number (202) 514-1547. If requesting a copy by mail from
the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check to cover the 25
cents-per-page reproduction cost, in the amount of $70.00 for the
Consent Decree with appendices or $12.00 without appendices, payable to
the U.S. Treasury, or if requesting by e-mail or fax, forward a check
in that amount to the Consent Decree Library at the above-referenced
address.
Maureen Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-25419 Filed 10-7-10; 8:45 am]
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