[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 183 (Wednesday, September 22, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 57817]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-23602]


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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 September 16, 2010, a proposed 
consent decree in United States v. Hercules Inc., et al., Civil Action 
No. 10-412, was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
Western District of Virginia.
    In this action the United States sought the performance of response 
actions or the recovery of response costs incurred by the United States 
at the Kim-Stan Landfill Superfund Site (``Site'') near Selma, in 
Alleghany County, Virginia. The consent decree resolves the liability 
of Hercules Inc.; Honeywell International, Inc.; MeadWestvaco Corp.; 
and MeadWestvaco Virginia Corp; under Sections 106 and 107 of 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606 & 9607, with respect to the Site, subject 
to terms and conditions set forth in the consent decree. The proposed 
consent decree would require defendants to pay, collectively, $1.9 
million in reimbursement of response costs incurred by the United 
States.
    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. Hercules Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-06916/2.
    The consent decree may 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 $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 stated address.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-23602 Filed 9-21-10; 8:45 am]
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