[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 223 (Friday, November 20, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 60293]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-27866]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response Compensation, and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that on November 13, 2009, a proposed 
Consent Decree (the ``Decree'') in United States v. Cabot Corporation, 
et al., Civil Action No. 1:09-cv-5783, was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
    In a complaint, filed simultaneously with the Decree, the United 
States alleges that Cabot Corporation, KB Alloys, Inc., Shieldalloy 
Metallurgical Corporation, E.I. du pont de Nemours and Company, 
International Wire Group, Inc. and its subsidiary Omega Wire, Inc., are 
liable pursuant to Section 107(a)(3) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 
9607(a)(3), for response costs incurred by the Environmental Protection 
Agency (``EPA'') in cleaning up the Pioneer Smelting Superfund Site 
located at Factory Road, Route 532, in Chatsworth, New Jersey.
    Pursuant to the Decree, the parties will jointly and severally be 
responsible for paying the United States $750,000 to resolve any claim 
the United States has associated with costs incurred by EPA at the 
Pioneer Smelting Superfund Site.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
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. Cabot Corporation et al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-09344/1.
    During the public comment period, the Decree may be examined on the 
following Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the 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 $7.75 
(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 Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. E9-27866 Filed 11-19-09; 8:45 am]
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