[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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