[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 38 (Tuesday, February 26, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10286-10287]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-3542]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Agreed Amendment to the Consent Decree 
Providing for Remedial Actions at Neal's Landfill, Lemon Lane Landfill 
and Bennett's Dump and Addressing General Matters Under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that on February 19, 2008, a proposed 
Amendment to the Consent Decree Providing for Remedial Actions at 
Neal's Landfill, Lemon Lane Landfill and Bennett's Dump and Addressing 
General Matters (``Amendment'') in United States of America, et al., v. 
CBS Corporation, Civil Action No. 1:81-cv-0448-RLY-KPF was lodged with 
the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.
    In 1985, CBS entered into a Consent Decree with the United States, 
the State of Indiana, the City of Bloomington and Monroe County to 
remove and incinerate PCB contamination from six sites in and near 
Bloomington, Indiana. The proposed Amendment is the last in a series of 
partial settlements that the parties have negotiated over the past 10 
years to replace the remedial measures in the original 1985 settlement. 
The proposed Amendment requires CBS to perform additional cleanup 
actions selected by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to address 
PCB contamination in groundwater, surface water, soils and sediment at 
the last three sites. CBS shall, among other things, expand and operate 
the existing water treatment plant at Illinois Central Spring, expand 
the collection system and operate the existing treatment plant at 
Neal's Landfill, and build and operate

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a new collection and treatment system at Bennett's Dump. The Amendment 
also requires CBS to pay $6.67 million dollars to reimburse EPA for 
response costs incurred in investigating and cleaning up the sites, as 
well as requires CBS to pay $1.88 million to the Department of the 
Interior for the purpose of restoring or replacing natural resources 
that have been injured by on-going releases of PCBs from the sites.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 
Amendment. 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 of America, et al., v. CBS Corporation, D.J. Ref. 90-
7-1-212A.
    The Amendment 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 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604-3590. 
During the public comment period, the Amendment, may also be examined 
on the following Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the Amendment 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 $207.25 (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. In 
requesting a copy exclusive of appendices, please enclose a check in 
the amount of $17.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to 
the U.S. Treasury.

William Brighton,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. E8-3542 Filed 2-25-08; 8:45 am]
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