[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 220 (Monday, November 16, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70839-70840]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-28850]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Amendment to Consent Decree Under
the Comprehensive Environmental Repsonse, Compensation, and Liability
Act
On November 5, 2015, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
Amendment to Consent Decree with the United States District Court for
the Northern District of New York in the lawsuit entitled United States
of America v. Amphenol Corporation, et al., Civil Action No. 3:01-CV-
0637. The caption is different from the caption in the original Consent
Decree since companies have gone out of business, changed their names,
etc.
The original Consent Decree, entered in 2001, resolved certain
claims of the United States under Sections 106 and 107(a) of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607(a), in
connection with the performance of the remedial design and remedial
action (``RD/RA'') selected for the Tri-Cities Barrel Superfund Site,
located in the Town of Fenton, Broome County, New York (the ``Site''),
by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') in a
Record of Decision executed March 31, 2000, and the reimbursement of
response costs. The original Consent Decree required the active
remediation of the soils, sediments and groundwater at the Site, with
the soils and sediment remediation having now been completed. The
Amendment to the Consent Decree is made necessary because EPA in 2011
issued a ROD Amendment which changes the active groundwater remediation
to Monitoring Natural Attenuation (MNA).
The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on
the Amendment to Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division,
John C. Cruden and should refer to United States of America v. Amphenol
Corporation, et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-1514/1. 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 email.................................. [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 Amendment to Consent Decree
may be examined and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site:
http://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We will provide a paper
copy of the Amendment to Consent Decree upon written request and
payment of reproduction costs. Please mail your request and payment to:
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Consent Decree Library, U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC
20044-7611.
Please enclose a check or money order for $17.13 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury, if you are
requesting the new Appendices to the Amendment, or $5.63 if you are
only requesting the Amendment to the Consent Decree.
Robert E. Maher Jr.,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-28850 Filed 11-13-15; 8:45 am]
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