[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 225 (Wednesday, November 23, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 70880]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-23208]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Extension of Public Comment Period

    On October 6, 2005, a proposed consent decree in United States v. 
General Electric Company, Civil Action No. 50-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. Notice of the lodging of the proposed Consent 
Decree appeared in 70 FR 59771 (October 13, 2005).
    Notice is hereby given that the Department of Justice has extended 
for thirty (30) days the length of the period during which it will 
receive comments relating to the proposed consent decree. Therefore, 
the Department of Justice will now receive comments through December 
14, 2005. 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. Directions for examining and/or obtaining a copy of the proposed 
consent decree may be found in the original Federal Register notice 
cited above.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 05-23208 Filed 11-22-05; 8:45 am]
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