[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 246 (Thursday, December 24, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 68430]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-30581]


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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 December 18, 2009, a proposed 
Consent Decree in United States v. Newell Holdings Delaware, Inc. and 
Rock Springs Enterprises, Inc., Civil Action No. 5:07-cv-164, was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the Northern District 
of West Virginia. In a civil action filed on December 18, 2007, under 
Section 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), the 
United States sought recovery of response costs from Newell Holdings 
Delaware, Inc. (``Newell Holdings'') and Rock Springs Enterprises, Inc. 
(``Rock Springs'') in connection with the Eighth and Plutus Streets 
Pottery Site in Chester, West Virginia (``the Site''). The proposed 
Consent Decree, lodged on December 18, 2009, resolves the liability of 
the defendant Newell Holdings for response costs incurred and to be 
incurred by the United States in connection with the Site, and requires 
Newell Holdings to pay $800,000 in response costs in accordance with 
the terms of the Decree. Defendant Rock Springs is not a party to the 
Consent Decree.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Decree for a period of thirty (30) days from the date 
of this publication. Please address comments to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, by e-mail to 
[email protected] or regular mail to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20044-7611, and refer to United 
States v. Newell Holdings Delaware, Inc. and Rock Springs Enterprises, 
Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-09297.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia, U.S. 
Courthouse and Federal building, 1125 Chapline Street, Wheeling, WV 
26003 and at U.S. EPA Region III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 
19103. 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. When requesting a copy from the Consent Decree 
Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $6.00 (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 address above.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. E9-30581 Filed 12-23-09; 8:45 am]
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