[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 65 (Thursday, April 5, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 16823]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-1661]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Consistent with Section 122(d)(2) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(d)(2), 
and 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on March 21, 2007, the 
proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Raybestos Products Company, 
Civil Action No. 1:07-cv-00374-DFH-TAB, was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. The 
proposed Consent Decree resolves the United States' claim under Section 
107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), relating to response costs incurred 
at or from sites known as the Shelly Ditch Reaches 1-3 Superfund Site, 
the Shelly Ditch Reach 4 Superfund Site, and the Sugar Creek Remedial 
Site, all located in Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana, as 
well as costs incurred at the Calumet Containers Site located in 
Hammond, Lake County, Indiana. The Consent Decree requires Raybestos 
Products Company (``Raybestos'') to pay $119,519.18 to the United 
States in partial reimbursement of response costs the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') incurred at the Reach 4 Site. 
Among other things, the Consent Decree also requires that Raybestos not 
seek reimbursement for the response actions it conducted at the Reaches 
1-3 Site pursuant to a Unilateral Order issued by EPA in December 2000 
and modified in January 2001.
    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, and 
either e-mailed to [email protected] or mailed to P.O. Box 
7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should 
refer to United States v. Raybestos Products Company, D.J. Ref. 90-11-
3-08736.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, 10 W. Market St., Suite 2100, Indianapolis, IN 
46204 and at U.S. EPA Region V, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604. 
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/Consent_Decrees.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 
no. (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the Consent Decree 
Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $16.50 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the ``U.S. Treasury'' or, if by e-
mail or fax, forward a check in that amount to the Consent Decree 
Library at the stated address.

Henry S. Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 07-1661 Filed 4-4-07; 8:45 am]
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