[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 144 (Wednesday, July 28, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 44284]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-18440]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on July 15, 2010, a proposed consent 
decree in United States, et al. v. PPL Electric Utilities Corporation, 
et al., Civil Action No. 10-cv-3477, was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
    The proposed consent decree resolves claims that the United States 
filed under Sections 106 and 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 
9607(a), for performance of work and reimbursement of costs incurred 
and to be incurred in connection with response actions at the UGI 
Columbia Gas Plant Superfund Site (``Site'') in Columbia Borough, 
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Under the proposed consent decree, the 
Settling Defendants, PPL Electric Utilities Corporation and UGI 
Utilities Inc., will reimburse the United States $606,114.53 for past 
response costs, will pay future response costs to be incurred by the 
United States, and will perform long-term monitoring, operation, and 
maintenance of the remedy for the Site. The proposed consent decree 
also resolves the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's claims for past 
response costs under the Pennsylvania Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act 
(``HSCA''), 35 P.S. Sec.  6020.101, et eq., for an amount of 
$17,430.94.
    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, et al. v. PPL Electric Utilities 
Corporation, et al., DOJ No. 90-11-3-09216.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney's Office, 615 Chestnut Street, Suite 1250, 
Philadelphia, PA 19106 and at U.S. EPA Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 
Philadelphia, PA 19103. 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/endr/Consent_Decrees.html. A 
copy of the proposed consent decree may be obtained in person or 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 $------
, (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 
& Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-18440 Filed 7-27-10; 8:45 am]
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