80 FR 60180 - Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decrees Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 192 (October 5, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 192 (Monday, October 5, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 60180]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-25273]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on September 29, 2015, a proposed 
consent decree in United States v. Wyeth Holdings LLC, Civil Action No. 
3:15-cv-07153-AET, was lodged with the United States Court for the 
District of New Jersey. In this action brought pursuant to Sections 
106, 107, and 113(g)(2) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. 9606, 9607 and 
9613(g)(2) (``CERCLA''), the United States seeks injunctive relief 
requiring Wyeth Holdings LLC to undertake certain environmental 
response actions at the American Cyanamid Superfund Site located in 
Bridgewater, New Jersey. The United States also seeks to recover costs 
incurred and to be incurred by the United States in response to 
releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances at or from the 
Site.
    The settlement requires Wyeth Holdings LLC to perform the remedies 
selected by the Environmental Protection Agency in the Records of 
Decision for Operable Unit 2, involving revegetation, and Operable Unit 
4, involving the remediation of almost all site-wide soils, 
groundwater, and six waste disposal impoundments. The settlement also 
requires Settling Defendant to reimburse EPA $1,000,000 in past 
response costs and pay EPA's future oversight costs related to the 
cleanup.
    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. Wyeth Holdings LLC., D.J. Ref. No. 90-
11-3-07250/1. 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, 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: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/consent-decrees.html. We will provide paper copies 
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 $73.00 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Robert E. Maher Jr.,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-25273 Filed 10-2-15; 8:45 am]
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