[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 237 (Monday, December 10, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 73496]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-29711]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On December 4, 2012, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the District 
of Puerto Rico in the lawsuit entitled United States v. Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico Land Authority, Puerto Rico Housing 
Department, and Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, Civil Action No. 
3:12-cv-01988.
    The proposed Consent Decree memorializes a proposed settlement 
between the United States and Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico 
Land Authority, Puerto Rico Housing Department, and Puerto Rico 
Electric Power Authority (``Settling Defendants''), with respect to the 
Vega Baja Solid Waste Disposal Superfund Site (``Site'') for injunctive 
relief pursuant to Section 106(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606(a), response costs incurred by the United 
States pursuant to Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), and 
future response costs that may be incurred by the Plaintiff at the Site 
in the future, pursuant to Section 113(g)(2) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 
9613(g)(2).
    The proposed settlement provides for the Settling Defendants to: 
(1) Pay $2,300,000 towards past costs; (2) conduct operation and 
maintenance (``O&M'') of the remedy at the Site (3) implement 
institutional controls (``ICs''); and (4) pay EPA's future response 
costs related to overseeing Settling Defendants' implementation of the 
O&M and ICs.
    The publication of this notice starts a period for public comment 
on the Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
should refer to United States v. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Puerto 
Rico Land Authority, Puerto Rico Housing Department, and Puerto Rico 
Electric Power Authority, D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-07244/1. 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 e-mail.................................  [email protected].
By mail...................................  Assistant Attorney General,
                                             U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box
                                             7611, Washington, D.C.
                                             20044-7611.
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    During the public comment period, the 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 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 $11.25 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Ronald G. Gluck,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2012-29711 Filed 12-7-12; 8:45 am]
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