[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 218 (Tuesday, November 12, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 67399]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-26982]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On November 1, 2013, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed a 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Southern 
District of Illinois in the lawsuit entitled United States v. Alcoa 
Inc., the City of East St. Louis, IL, and Alton & Southern Railway, 
Co., Civil Action No. 3:13-cv-01126-MJR-SCW.
    The United States filed this lawsuit under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA). The 
United States' complaint names Alcoa Inc., the City of East St. Louis, 
IL, and Alton & Southern Railway, Co., as defendants. The complaint 
requests recovery of costs that the United States incurred responding 
to releases of hazardous substances at Operable Unit 1 at the North 
Alcoa Superfund Site in East St. Louis, Illinois. The complaint also 
seeks injunctive relief. Under the terms of the Consent Decree, the 
Defendants have agreed to pay EPA's past and future response costs and 
perform the remedial action that EPA selected for the Operable Unit 1 
portion of the Site. In return, the United States agrees not to sue the 
defendants under sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA for Operable Unit 1 of 
the North Alcoa Superfund Site.
    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. Alcoa Inc., the City of East St. 
Louis, IL, and Alton & Southern Railway, Co., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-
10590. 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, 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 $39.25 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury. For a paper 
copy without the Appendices, the cost is $14.50.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-26982 Filed 11-8-13; 8:45 am]
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