[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 199 (Monday, October 15, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62529-62530]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-25139]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
On October 9, 2012, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Wisconsin in the lawsuit entitled United States v. Mercury
Marine, Civil Action No. 2:12-cv-1022.
The United States filed this lawsuit under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). The
complaint seeks injunctive relief and payment of past and future costs
that the United States incurred and will incur responding to releases
of hazardous substances at the Cedarville Dams (a/k/a Cedar Creek)
Superfund Site in Cedarburg, Wisconsin. In the proposed Consent Decree,
the defendant agrees to pay the United States' past and future response
costs and to perform the selected remedy for the Operable Unit 1, which
addresses contamination at Mercury Marine's former Plant 2 at 2526 St.
John
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Avenue in Cedarburg, Wisconsin. In return, the United States agrees not
to sue the defendant under sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA.
The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on
the proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division,
and should refer to United States v. Mercury Marine, D.J. Ref. No. 90-
11-3-10575. All comments must be submitted no later than thirty (30)
days after the publication date of this notice. Comments may be
submitted either by email or by mail:
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To submit comments: Send them to:
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By email............................... [email protected].
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 proposed Consent Decree may
be examined and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. We will provide a paper copy
of the proposed Consent Decree 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 $11.75 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.
Maureen M. Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2012-25139 Filed 10-12-12; 8:45 am]
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