[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 133 (Thursday, July 10, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 39721]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-15645]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
In accordance with 28 CFR 50.7 and Section 122 of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42
U.S.C. 9622, the Department of Justice gives notice that a proposed
Consent Decree, in United States and the State of Illinois v. Hamilton
Sundstrand Corporation, Civil No. 08-CV-50129 (N.D. Ill.), was lodged
with the United States District Court for the Northern District of
Illinois on July 3, 2008, pertaining to Source Area 9/10 (the ``Site'')
of the Southeast Rockford Groundwater Contamination Superfund Site
(``SERGWCS Site''), located in Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois. In
this action, the United States and the State of Illinois brought civil
claims under Sections 106, 107 and 113(g)(2) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606,
9607 and 9613(g)(2), against Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
(``Settling Defendant'') for implementation of remedial action and
recovery of response costs incurred and to be incurred by the United
States and the State of Illinois at the Site.
Under the proposed Consent Decree, the Settling Defendant is
obligated to implement the remedy selected by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (``EPA'') in the SERGWCS Site source control Record
of Decision (``ROD'') for the Hamilton Sundstrand property portion of
the Site, and to pay the United States' and the State of Illinois'
Interim Response Costs and Future Response Costs related to that
property portion, including costs of overseeing the implementation of
the remedial action.
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 United
States Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611,
and should refer to United States and the State of Illinois v. Hamilton
Sundstrand Corporation, Civil No. 08-CV-50129 (N.D. Ill.), and DOJ
Reference No. 90-11-3-945/3.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at: (1) The Office of
the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois,
Rockford Division, 308 West State Street, Suite 300, Rockford, Illinois
61101, (815) 987-4444; and (2) the United States Environmental
Protection Agency (Region 5), 77 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604-
3507 (contact: Tom Turner (312) 886-6613).
During the public comment period, the proposed Consent Decree may
also be examined on the following U.S. 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, U.S. Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, 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 refer to the referenced case and DOJ Reference Number
and enclose a check in the amount of $23.50 for the Consent Decree only
(94 pages, at 25 cents per page reproduction costs), or in the amount
of $267.50 for the Consent Decree and Appendices (1,070 pages), made
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.
William D. Brighton,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. E8-15645 Filed 7-9-08; 8:45 am]
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