[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 153 (Thursday, August 8, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51599-51600]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-20034]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

    In accordance with 28 CFR 50.7 and section 122 of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 
U.S.C. 9622, the Department of Justice gives notice that a proposed 
consent decree, in United States v. Lockheed Martin

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Corporation, et al., Civil No. 4:02CV-146-M (W.D. Ky.), was lodged with 
the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky 
on July 26, 2002, pertaining to the Green River Landfill Superfund Site 
located in Maceo, Daviess County, Kentucky (the ``Site''). The proposed 
consent decree would resolve the United States' civil claims under 
sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607, and section 
7003 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended (``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 
6973, including Natural Resource Damages, against the Settling 
Defendants: 15 generators and a current owner of a portion of the Site. 
The proposed consent decree also resolves claims against a Settling 
Federal Agency.
    Under the proposed consent decree, 10 Settling Defendants 
(``Settling Performing Parties''), are obligated to finance and perform 
any remaining work at the Site for Operable Unit 1, principally 
operation and maintenance (``O&M'')--obligations initially imposed by a 
Unilateral Administrative Order (``UAO'') issued by U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency (``U.S. EPA'') in 1996--perform the remedial design/
remedial action for Operable Unit 2 (estimated total present value of 
all response actions to be undertaken under the Decree: $3.7 million), 
and pay all Future Response Costs at the Site not inconsistent with the 
National Contingency Plan, excluding the first $307,449 of Future 
Oversight Costs to be incurred by the United States. Six Settling 
Defendants (``Settling Non-Performing Parties'') are obligated to pay 
monies to the Settling Performing Parties for costs incurred and to be 
incurred for response actions at the Site. In addition, the United 
States, on behalf of the Settling Federal Agency, would pay $155,000 to 
the Settling Performing Parties in reimbursement of the Settling 
Performing Parties' response costs incurred and to be incurred at the 
Site.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, United 
States Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. Lockheed Martin Corporation, et al., Civil No. 4:02CV-
146-M (W.D. Ky.), and DOJ Reference No. 90-11-2-1098. Commenters may 
request an opportunity for a public meeting in the affected area, in 
accordance with section 7003(d) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6973(d).
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at: (1) The Office of 
the United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky, 510 
West Broadway, 10th Floor, Louisville, Kentucky 40202, (502-582-5911); 
and (2) the United States Environmental Protection Agency (Region 4), 
61 Forsyth Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30303 (contact: Lucia Mendez (404-
562-9637)). A copy of the proposed consent decree may be obtained by 
mail from the Consent Decree Library, U.S. Department of Justice, PO 
Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611. In requesting a copy, please refer 
to the referenced case and DOJ Reference Number and enclose a check in 
the amount of $26.75 for the consent decree only (107 pages, at 25 
cents per page reproduction costs), or $126.75 for the consent decree 
and all appendices (507 pages), made payable to the Consent Decree 
Library.

Ellen M. Mahan,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-20034 Filed 8-7-02; 8:45 am]
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