[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 14, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 1956]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-00387]
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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 31, 2014, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the District
of Nebraska in a lawsuit entitled United States v. Board of Regents of
the University of Nebraska, Civil Action No. 8:14-cv-00422-JMG-CRZ.
The United States filed this lawsuit under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980,
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607(a). The United States' complaint
names the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska as defendants.
The complaint requests an order requiring the University of Nebraska to
perform specified remedial actions and seeks recovery of costs that the
United States has incurred and will incur responding to releases and
the threat of releases of hazardous substances at and from real
property owned and operated by the University and comprising most of
the Former Nebraska Ordnance Plant Superfund Site (``NOP'' or the
``Site'') located in Mead, Saunders County, Nebraska. The Defendant has
signed the Consent Decree.
The publication of this notice opens 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. Board of Regents of the University of
Nebraska, Civil Action No. 8:14-cv-00422-JMG-CRZ, DJ Ref. No. 90-11-2-
07548/4.
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, 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 $ 34.00 (25 cents per
page reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.
Susan M. Akers,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-00387 Filed 1-13-15; 8:45 am]
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