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Federal Register: July 19, 2007
[Federal Register: July 19, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 138)]
[Notices]
[Page 39641]
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 42 U.S.C. 9622(d)(2)(B) and 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby
given that on July 3, 2007, a proposed consent decree in United States
v. Rexmet Corporation, Civil Action No. 07-cv-2754, was lodged with the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
In this action the United States is seeking injunctive relief and
recovery of response costs incurred by the United States pursuant to
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., in connection with the J.W.
Rex Facility (located at Valley Forge Road & 8th Street, Lansdale, PA
19446) at the North Penn Area Six Superfund Site (``Site''), which
consists of a contaminated groundwater plume and a number of separate
parcels of property located within and adjacent to the Borough of
Lansdale, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The proposed consent decree
will resolve the United States' claims against Rexmet Corporation
(``Settling Defendant'') in connection with the Site. Under the terms
of the proposed consent decree, Settling Defendant will (1) implement
the EPA-selected groundwater remedy at the J.W. Rex Facility, and (2)
pay the United States $250,000.00 plus interest (in two payments) in
partial reimbursement of the United States' past response costs.
Settling Defendant will receive a covenant not to sue by the United
States with regard to the Site.
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 Division, and
submitted either by email to pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov or by U.S.
mail to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC
20044-7611. Comments should reference United States v. Rexmet
Corporation, D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-06024/16.
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/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
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 $18.25 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost). Checks should be made payable to the U.S. Treasury.
Robert Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 07-3493 Filed 7-18-07; 8:45 am]
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