[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 216 (Tuesday, November 10, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 58047]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-27035]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA'')

    Notice is hereby given that on November 4, 2009, a proposed consent 
decree (``proposed Decree'') in United States v. Alabama Plating Co., 
et al., Civil Action No. 2:08-cv-01422, was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Southern 
Division.
    In this action under Section 107(a) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 
9607(a) (``CERCLA''), the United States sought to recover response 
costs incurred or to be incurred by the United States as a result of 
releases and threatened releases of hazardous substances at the Alabama 
Plating Superfund Site, a former electroplating and hot-dip galvanizing 
facility located in Vincent, Shelby County, Alabama. The proposed 
Decree requires the defendants to pay $720,000 to the United States in 
reimbursement of past and future response costs, and provides the 
defendants with a covenant not to sue under Sections 106 and 107(a) of 
CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607(a).
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 
proposed 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 P.O. Box 7611, 
U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer 
to United States v. Alabama Plating Co., et al., D.J. Ref. 90-7-1-
06380/1.
    The proposed Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, 1801 Fourth 
Avenue North, Birmingham, AL 35203-2101, and at U.S. EPA Region 4, 61 
Forsythe Street, SW., Atlanta, GA 30303. During the public comment 
period, the proposed 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 Decree may also 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 $8.00 
(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.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. E9-27035 Filed 11-9-09; 8:45 am]
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