80 FR 70839 - Notice of Lodging of Proposed Amendment to Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Repsonse, Compensation, and Liability Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 220 (November 16, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 220 (Monday, November 16, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70839-70840]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[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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