[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 3 (Thursday, January 5, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 517]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-33804]
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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 December 29, 2011, a proposed
Consent Decree (``Decree'') in United States and State of Rhode Island
v. Ashland, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 11-558, was lodged with the
United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island.
The Decree resolves claims of the United States and the State of
Rhode Island pursuant to Sections 106 and 107 of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''),
42 U.S.C. 9606, 9607, against seven parties in connection with the
Davis Liquid Waste Superfund Site located in Smithfield, Rhode Island
(``Site''). The Decree requires the settling defendants to perform the
remedial action selected in the Amended Record of Decision (``Amended
ROD'') issued on September 20, 2010.
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 emailed 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 and State of Rhode Island v. Ashland, Inc., et al., Civil
Action No. 11-558, D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-137/3.
During the public comment period, the Consent Decree also may 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
emailing a request to ``Consent Decree Copy''
([email protected]), fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation
number (202) 514-5271. If requesting a copy from the Consent Decree
Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $71.00 (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 address given above. If requesting a copy exclusive of exhibits,
please enclose a check in the amount of $17.00.
Ronald Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-33804 Filed 1-4-12; 8:45 am]
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