[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 207 (Friday, October 24, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63511-63512]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-25352]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreement Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)

    Notice is hereby given that on October 9, 2008, a proposed Consent 
Decree was filed with the United States District Court for the District 
of Delaware in United States v. Broadkiln Sportsman Club, Inc., Case 
No. 1:08-00762 (D. Del.). The proposed consent decree resolves cost 
recovery claims asserted by the U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA'') 
section 107(a), 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), against the Broadkiln Sportsman 
Club, Inc., a gun club that owns property adjacent to the Prime Hook 
Wildlife Refuge (the ``Refuge'') located near Milton, Sussex County, 
Delaware.
    The Service incurred about $948,000 in response costs to address 
lead contamination at the Refuge that resulted from shotgun pellet 
accumulation on Refuge property. The Club agrees to sell the Club's 
property adjacent to the Refuge and pay 75% of the sale proceeds to 
DOI. It also assigns any recoverable insurance benefits to DOI.
    For thirty (30) days after the date of this publication, the 
Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the Settlement 
Agreement. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and either e-
mailed to pubcomment-

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[email protected] or mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of 
Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611. In either case, comments should 
refer to United States v. Broadkiln Sportsman Club, Inc. (D. Del.), 
D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-08802.
    The proposed Settlement Agreement may be examined at: the Office of 
the United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, Chemical Bank 
Plaza, 1201 Market Street, Suite 100, Wilmington, Delaware 19899. 
During the comment period, the proposed Settlement Agreement may also 
be examined on the following Department of Justice Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decree.html. A copy of the proposed 
Settlement Agreement may also be obtained by mail from the Department 
of Justice 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 $21.50 
for the Settlement Agreement (25 cents per page reproduction costs) 
payable to the United States Treasury or, if by e-mail or fax, forward 
a check in that amount to the Consent Decree Library at the stated 
address.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. E8-25352 Filed 10-23-08; 8:45 am]
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