[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 245 (Wednesday, December 23, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68283-68284]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-30445]


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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 December 11, 2009 a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. United Technologies Corporation, Civil 
Action No. 2:09-cv-2801-BBD-cgc, was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, Memphis Division.
    In this action the United States sought judgment against defendant 
in favor of the United States for all previously un-reimbursed costs 
incurred by the United States in response to the release or threatened 
release of hazardous substances at Sixty One Industrial Park Superfund 
Site (the ``Site'') located at 5607 Highway 61 South in Memphis, Shelby 
County, Tennessee. Under the terms of the Consent Decree, United 
Technologies Corporation will undertake the remedial action selected by 
the United States Environmental Protection Agency for the Site. 
Further, the terms of the Consent Decree require United Technologies 
Corporation to reimburse the United States for past costs, all future 
oversight costs, plus interest, incurred or to be incurred in the 
future by the government in connection with the remedial action at the 
Site.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 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 P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. United Technologies Corporation, D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-
09486.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Western District of Tennessee, 167 North Main Street, 
Suite 800, Memphis, TN 38103, and at U.S. EPA

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Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303. During the 
public comment period, the 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 Consent 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 $ 12.50 (25 cents per page reproduction cost)for 
a copy of the Consent Decree without appendices, or $43.00 (25 cents 
per page reproduction cost) for a copy of the Consent Decree including 
appendices, 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. E9-30445 Filed 12-22-09; 8:45 am]
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