[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 197 (Thursday, October 13, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 59771]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-20533]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to Oil Pollution Act

    Notice is hereby given that on October 6, 2005, a proposed consent 
decree in United States v. General Electric Company, Civil Action No. 
05-cv-1270, was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
Northern District of New York.
    The proposed consent decree will settle the United States' claims 
under the Comprehensive Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 
U.S.C. 9601, et seq., relating to the release of polychlorinated 
biphenyls into the Hudson River. Pursuant to the proposed consent 
decree, General Electric Company will, inter alia, dredge approximately 
265,000 cubic yards of contaminated sediment from certain portions of 
the Upper Hudson River and pay approximately $43,000,000 toward past 
and future costs of the United States in responding to the 
contamination. In addition, General Electric Company may dredge an 
additional 2.39 million cubic yards of contaminated sediments under the 
Consent Decree and pay up to an additional $32.5 million to reimburse 
costs of the United States.
    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 of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States v. General Electric Company, Civil Action No. 05-cv-1270, D.J. 
Ref. 90-11-2-529.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Northern District of New York, 445 Broadway, 
Albany, New York 12207-2924. During the public comment period, the 
proposed 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 proposed 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. If requesting a copy of the 
proposed consent decree only, please so note and enclose a check in the 
amount of $19.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost for the 79 page 
proposed consent decree) payable to the U.S. Treasury. If you would 
also like a copy of the attachments to the consent decree, please so 
note and include an additional $607.75 (25 cents per page for the 2431 
pages of attachments). The consent decree, and attachments, will also 
be available on the DOJ Web site during the public comment period at 
http://www.doj.gov/enrd/open/html.

Ronald Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 05-20533 Filed 10-12-05; 8:45 am]
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