[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 159 (Wednesday, August 18, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 51326]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-18938]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA'')

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on August 11, 2004, 
a proposed consent decree in City of San Bernardino Municipal Water 
Department v. United States of America, Department of the Army (C.D. 
Cal.) and State of California, on behalf of the Department of Toxic 
Substances Control v. United States of America, Department of the Army 
(C.D. Cal.) Civil Actopm Nos. CV 96-8867 and CV 96-5205 (consolidated), 
was lodged with the United States District Court for the Central 
District of California.
    The Decree addresses the cleanup of groundwater contamination at 
the Newmark Groundwater Contamination Superfund Site (``Newmark Site'') 
in San Bernardino, California. The Decree would resolve the cost 
recovery claims by the Plaintiffs City of San Bernardino and State of 
California against the United States, as well as the United States' 
potential claims against the City of San Bernardino for response costs 
and cleanup related to the Newmark Site.
    The Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), Region IX, has been 
conducting a fund-lead cleanup at the Newmark Site since 1989. The 
proposed settlement provides for the completion of the construction of 
groundwater extraction and treatment facilities for the Muscoy Operable 
Unit at the Newmark Site, 50 years of operation and maintenance of both 
the Muscoy and the Newmark Operable Units, and Site-wide monitoring.
    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, with a copy to 
Cynthia Huber, Senior Attorney, General Litigation Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Dept. of Justice, P.O. Box 663, 
Washington, DC 20044, and should refer to City of San Bernardino 
Municipal Water Department v. United States of America, Department of 
the Army (C.D. Cal.), D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-06902/1.
    The consent decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Central District of California, Civil Division, 300 
North Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, California 90012, and at U.S. 
EPA Region 9, Office of Regional Counsel, 75 Hawthorne Street, San 
Francisco, California. During the public comment period, the consent 
decree may also 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 $83.75 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

W. Benjamin Fisherow,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 04-18938 Filed 8-17-04; 8:45 am]
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