[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 5 (Friday, January 8, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1082-1083]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-125]


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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 22, 2009 a proposed consent 
decree (``proposed Decree'') in United States v. Thoro Products 
Company, Civil Action No. 04-M-2330, was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the District of Colorado.

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    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 from the 
solvent recycling facility operated by Thoro Products Company located 
at the Rocky Flats Industrial Park Superfund Site, in Jefferson County, 
Colorado. The proposed Decree requires the defendant to pay $573,355.54 
to the United States in reimbursement of past and future response 
costs, and provides the defendant 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. Thoro Products Company, D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-1719/7.
    The proposed Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney for the District of Colorado, 1225 17th Street, Suite 
700, Denver, CO 80202, and at U.S. EPA Region 8, 1595 Wynkoop St, 
Denver, CO 80202-1129. 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 $16.00 (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. 2010-125 Filed 1-7-10; 8:45 am]
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