[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 99 (Monday, May 24, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28819-28820]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-12321]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of a Consent Decree Under CERCLA

    Notice is hereby given that on May 4, 2010, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. AK Steel et al., Civil Action No. 10-cv-996 
was lodged with the United States District Court for the Northern 
District of Ohio.
    In this action, the United States alleges that Defendants are 
liable under Sections 106, 107 and 113(g)(2) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as 
amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606, 9607 and 9613(g)(2), for 
implementation of remedial action and recovery of response costs 
incurred and to be incurred by the United States at the Chemical 
Recovery Systems Superfund Alternative Site in Elyria, Ohio. Under the 
proposed Consent Decree, the Defendants have agreed to: (1) Implement 
injunctive measures at an estimated cost of $2.1 million in order to 
remediate contaminated soil and groundwater; (2) implement 
institutional controls; (3) reimburse the United States $475,000 in 
past response costs; and (4) reimburse the United States for its future 
response costs.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 
proposed 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. AK Steel et al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-09505.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Northern District of Ohio, 801 West Superior 
Avenue, Suite 400, Cleveland, OH 44113 (contact Assistant United States 
Attorney Steven J. Paffilas (216) 622-3698), and at U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 
60604-3590 (contact Associate Regional Counsel Tom Nash (312) 886-
0552). During the public comment period, the proposed 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 proposed 
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 $60.75 for a copy of 
the Consent Decree including all attachments or $26.00 for a copy of 
the Consent Decree only (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable 
to the U.S. Treasury or, if by e-mail or fax, forward a check in that

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amount to the Consent Decree Library at the stated address.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-12321 Filed 5-21-10; 8:45 am]
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