[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 135 (Friday, July 13, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 32687]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-14973]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On July 9, 2018, a proposed Consent Decree in Emhart Industries, et 
al. v. United States et al., Civil Action No. 11-023, was filed with 
the United States District Court for Rhode Island.
    The proposed Consent Decree has been signed by the United States of 
America, the State of Rhode Island, Emhart Industries, Inc., and Black 
& Decker Inc. It will resolve the claims between the parties relating 
to the cleanup of the Centredale Manor Superfund Site in North 
Providence, Rhode Island under the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq. The 
proposed Consent Decree requires Emhart and Black & Decker to undertake 
work to clean up the Centredale Site and to pay the United States' and 
Rhode Islands' costs. It also commits the United States to pay a 
portion of the cleanup costs on behalf of the Department of Defense.
    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: Emhart Industries et al. v. United States et al., 
Civil Action No. 11-023, D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-07101/2. 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 proposed Consent Decree may 
be examined and downloaded at this Justice Department website: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. 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 $183.75 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury. For a 
copy of the consent decree without appendices, send a check for $12.00.

Robert Maher,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-14973 Filed 7-12-18; 8:45 am]
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