[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 200 (Monday, October 18, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 63859]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-26138]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on October 8, 2010, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States of America v. AMETEK, Inc., et al., Civil 
Action No. 10-cv-5291, was lodged with the United States District Court 
for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
    In this action the United States sought to recover from the 
defendants response costs incurred by the United States Environmental 
Protection Agency (``EPA'') and future costs in responding to releases 
or threatened releases of hazardous substances at or from the North 
Penn Area 2 Superfund Site, located in Hatfield Township, Montgomery 
County, Pennsylvania (the ``Site''). The Consent Decree obligates 
AMETEK, Inc. and Penn Color, Inc., to perform remedial work at the Site 
and to reimburse EPA's past and future response costs related to the 
Site.
    The Consent Decree requires the settling parties to pay to finance 
and perform remaining cleanup at the Site by establishing and 
maintaining a performance guarantee initially in the amount of 
$2,039,900.00. The Consent Decree also requires the settling parties to 
pay the EPA Hazardous Substance Superfund the principal sum of 
$185,522.41, due within thirty (30) days of entry of the Consent 
Decree. The settling parties are also required to pay all future 
response costs within thirty (30) days of receiving a bill from EPA.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Decree. 
Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environmental 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 of America v. AMETEK, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 10-
cv-5291 (E.D.Pa.), D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-09537.
    The Decree may be examined at the Office of the United States 
Attorney, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 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 
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 
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 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 $23.50 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury or, if by email or 
fax, forward a check in that amount to the Consent Decree Library at 
the stated address.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-26138 Filed 10-15-10; 8:45 am]
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