[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 121 (Monday, June 23, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 35410]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-14041]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreement; Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that, for a period of 30 days, the United 
States will receive public comments on a proposed Consent Decree in 
United States v. Dravo Corporation (Civil Action No. 8:04-CV-356), 
which was lodged with the United States District Court for the District 
of Nebraska on June 16, 2008. The Complaint alleges that Dravo is 
civilly liable for violations under Section 107(a) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as 
amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607(a). The Complaint seeks the 
recovery of response costs incurred and to be incurred by the United 
States as a result of releases or threatened releases of hazardous 
substances at or from the Hastings Naval Ammunition Depot Subsite of 
the Hastings Ground Water Contamination Site, located in Hastings, 
Adams County, Nebraska.
    Under the settlement, Dravo Corporation has agreed to pay to the 
United States one million one hundred sixty-one thousand dollars 
($1,161,000.00) for the recovery of these response costs.
    Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, and may be submitted to: 
P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, 
or via e-mail to [email protected], and should refer to 
United States v. Dravo Corporation, D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-1260/2.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney. District of Nebraska, 1620 Dodge Street, Suite 1400, 
Omaha, NE 68102-1506. During the public comment period the Dravo 
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 Dravo Consent Decree also may 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 $4.25 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Maureen M. Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. E8-14041 Filed 6-20-08; 8:45 am]
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