[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 177 (Thursday, September 13, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 52394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-4487]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Under 42 U.S.C. 9622(d)(2) and 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given 
that on August 30, 2007, a proposed Consent Decree in United States and 
California Department of Toxic Substances Control v. Teledyne 
Technologies Inc., Civil Action No. CV 07-05674 ODW(FFMx), was lodged 
with the United States District Court for the Central District of 
California.
    The Consent Decree resolves claims brought by the United States, on 
behalf of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), 
and the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (``DTSC'') 
under sections 106 and 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607, 
and section 7003 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as 
amended (``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 6973, for the performance of response 
actions, and for the reimbursement of response costs incurred and to be 
incurred by EPA and DTSC, in connection with the release and threatened 
release of hazardous substances at the Puente Valley Operable Unit of 
the San Gabriel Valley Area 4 Superfund Site (``Site'') in Los Angeles 
County, California.
    Pursuant to the Consent Decree, the defendant has agreed to pay 
$535,000 to the United States and $4,000 to DTSC to resolve defendant's 
liability for past costs, future costs, and work associated with the 
remedial action required for the Site set forth in EPA's 1998 Interim 
Record of Decision.
    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, 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. Teledyne Technologies Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-354/25. 
Commenters may request an opportunity for a public meeting in the 
affected area, in accordance with section 7003(d) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 
6973(d).
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, 300 North Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, California 
90012, and the Region IX Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 
75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. During the public comment 
period, the Consent Decree, may also be examined on the following 
Department of Justice Web site, to http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.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 $9.25 
(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, Environment and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 07-4487 Filed 9-12-07; 8:45 am]
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