[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 14, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 2100]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-531]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Judgment Pursuant to Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that on January 7, 2009, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. Alcan Aluminum Corp., Civil No. 7:09cv9, was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the Northern District 
of New York.
    The proposed Consent Decree resolves cost recovery and civil 
penalty claims by the United States, on behalf of the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), against Alcan under sections 
106(b)(1) and 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 
U.S.C. 9606(b)(1) and 9607(a), in connection with the Sealand 
Restoration Superfund Site in Lisbon, New York. The proposed Consent 
Decree provides for Alcan to pay $1,200,000 in reimbursement of EPA's 
response costs at the Site and $100,000 in civil penalties for Alcan's 
failure to comply with a CERCLA section 106 administrative order 
requiring specified cleanup actions at the Site.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of 30 days from 
the date of this publication comments relating to the proposed Consent 
Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General 
of the 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 v. Alcan Aluminum Corp., Civil No. 7:09cv9, D.J. Ref. No. 
90-11-3-06953/2.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Northern District of New York, 100 South 
Clinton Street, Syracuse, New York 13261, and at the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region II, 290 Broadway, New York, New 
York 10007-1866. During the public comment period, the proposed 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 
proposed Consent Decree 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. If requesting a copy of the proposed Consent 
Decree, please enclose a check in the amount of $4.25 (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.

Ronald Gluck,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. E9-531 Filed 1-13-09; 8:45 am]
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