[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 215 (Thursday, November 6, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 62829]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-27886]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on September 30, 
2003, a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Alliant 
Techsystems, Inc., Civil Action No. 03-4648, was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
    In this action the United States seeks the recovery of response 
costs incurred regarding the Radiation Technology Superfund Site, in 
Rockaway Township, New Jersey. The proposed consent decree embodies an 
agreement with Alliant Techsystems, Inc. (ATK) to perform the 
groundwater remedy at the Site and to reimburse the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency for up to $249,000 of its past response costs and for 
all oversight costs in connection with the performance of the remedy. 
The decree provides ATK with a covenant not to sue under Sections 106 
and 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation 
and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607(a).
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Consent 
Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. Alliant Techsystems, Inc., D.J. No. 90-11-2-07691/1.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, 970 Broad Street, Room 400, Newark, NJ 07102, and at 
the Region II Office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Region II Records Center, 290 Broadway, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10007-
1866. During the public comment period, the Consent Decree also may be 
examined on the following Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the Consent Decree may also be 
obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, or by faxing or e-
mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood ([email protected]), fax 
no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In 
requesting a copy from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a 
check in the amount of $32.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) 
payable to U.S. Treasury.

Catherine R. McCabe,
Deputy Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 03-27886 Filed 11-5-03; 8:45 am]
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