[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 37 (Friday, February 26, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 11793]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-04047]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under The 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(CERCLA)

    On February 22, 2021, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
consent order with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District 
of New Jersey in the Chapter 11 matter entitled In re: Tri Harbor 
Holdings Corporation (f/k/a Aceto Corporation), et al., Case No. 19-
13448 (VFP).
    The consent order relates to liabilities asserted by the United 
States and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection 
(``NJDEP'') against Arsynco, Inc. (``Arsynco''), under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
of 1980, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq. (``CERCLA''), for (1) cost recovery on 
behalf of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), 
and (2) natural resource damages on behalf of the federal and state 
natural resource trustees, concerning the Berry's Creek Study Area 
(``BCSA'') operable unit of the Ventron/Velsicol Superfund Site, 
located in Bergen County, New Jersey and a 12.3-acre parcel of property 
located at 511 13th Street in Carlstadt, New Jersey formerly owned by 
Arsynco.
    Under the consent order, the United States shall have an allowed 
general unsecured claim in the amount of $9,566,000 for EPA's asserted 
past and future response costs. In addition, the United States, on 
behalf of the Department of Interior and the National Oceanic 
Atmospheric Administration, and the State of New Jersey, collectively 
the ``Trustees'', shall have an allowed general unsecured claim in the 
amount of $8,215,000 for asserted natural resource damages.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the proposed consent order. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Environmental Enforcement Section, and should refer to In re: Tri 
Harbor Holdings Corporation (f/k/a Aceto Corporation), et al., Case No. 
19-13448 (VFP). All comments must be submitted no later than sixty (60) 
days after the publication date of this notice. Comments may be 
submitted either by email or by mail:

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By email............................  <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4e3e3b2c2d2123232b203a632b2b3d602b203c2a0e3b3d2a212460292138"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a9d9dccbcac6c4c4ccc7dd84ccccda87ccc7dbcde9dcdacdc6c387cec6df">[email protected]</span></a>.
By mail.............................  Assistant Attorney General, U.S.
                                       DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
                                       Washington, DC 20044-7611.
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    During the public comment period, the consent order may be examined 
and downloaded at this Justice Department website: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We will provide a paper copy of 
the consent order upon written request and payment of reproduction 
costs. Please mail your request and payment to: Consent Decree Library, 
U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611.
    Please enclose a check or money order for $6.25 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Henry S. Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-04047 Filed 2-25-21; 8:45 am]
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