[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 221 (Friday, November 16, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64670-64671]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-5696]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on October 31, 2007, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. Honeywell International, Inc., et al., Civil 
Action No. 06-00387-MCE-JFM, was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the Eastern District of California.
    In this action the United States sought reimbursement of response 
costs from Honeywell International, Inc., Alpheus Kaplan and Nehemiah 
Development Company for costs incurred by EPA at or in connection with 
the Central Eureka Mine Superfund Site in Amador County, California. 
The Consent Decree will settle claims against defendants Alpheus Kaplan 
and Nehemiah Development Company and certain third-party defendants. 
Pursuant to the Consent Decree, Kaplan/Nehemiah agree to pay the sum of 
$600,000 and six settling third party defendants agree to pay $121,000 
for past response costs incurred at the Site.
    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. Honeywell International, Inc., et al., D.J. Ref. 90-
11-3-1692/1.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Eastern District of California, 501 I Street, 
Sacramento, California 95814, and at U.S. EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne 
Street, San Francisco, California 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 20004-7611, 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 $8.75 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the

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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 Friedman,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 07-5696 Filed 11-15-07; 8:45 am]
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