[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 235 (Wednesday, December 7, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 88270]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-29355]
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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 22, 2016, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
consent decree with the United States District Court for the Western
District of North Carolina in the lawsuit entitled United States v. CTS
Corporation, Mills Gap Road Associates, and Northrop Grumman Systems
Corporation, Civil Action No. 1:16-cv-00380.
The United States, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA), filed this lawsuit under the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). The complaint seeks
performance of response actions to address contamination of
tricholorethylene in the groundwater at the CTS of Asheville, Inc.
Superfund Site in Asheville, North Carolina.
The proposed consent decree would resolve the claims alleged in the
complaint. It requires the defendants, CTS Corporation, Mills Gap Road
Associates, and Northrop Grumman Corporation, to implement the remedy
selected by EPA, which is estimated to cost $8,885,000.
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. CTS Corporation, Mills Gap Road
Associates, and Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, D.J. Ref. No. 90-
11-2-08135/2. 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 consent decree may be
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. 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.
For a paper copy, please enclose a check or money order for $109.50
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the United States
Treasury. For a paper copy without the exhibits and signature pages,
the cost is $8.50.
Henry S. Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-29355 Filed 12-6-16; 8:45 am]
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