[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 244 (Tuesday, December 21, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80070-80071]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-32001]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Extension of Public Comment Period for Consent Decree 
Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act

    On December 1, 2010, a proposed Consent Decree with Brown County 
and the City of Green Bay was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin in a case captioned United 
States and the State of Wisconsin v. NCR Corp., et al., Case No. 10-C-
910 (E.D. Wis.). The Complaint in that case alleges claims under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601-75, against Brown County, the City of 
Green Bay, and twelve other defendants concerning polychlorinated 
biphenyl contamination at the Lower Fox River and Green Bay Superfund 
Site in northeastern Wisconsin (the ``Site'').
    If approved by the Court after a public comment period, the 
proposed Consent Decree would resolve Brown County's and the City of 
Green Bay's potential liability for response costs, response actions, 
and natural resource damages associated with the Site, on the terms and 
conditions set forth in the Decree. The proposed Consent Decree also 
would resolve the United States Government's potential liability for 
response costs, response actions, and natural resource damages 
associated with the Site under CERCLA. Under the proposed Consent 
Decree, Brown County, Green Bay, and the United States would pay a 
total of $5.2 million ($350,000 each from Brown County and Green Bay 
and $4.5 million from the United States). If the Decree is approved, 
the $5.2 million would be paid into a set of Site-specific special 
accounts for use in financing future cleanup and natural resource 
restoration work at the Site.
    In a Federal Register Notice published on December 7, 2010, the 
Department of Justice announced its intention to receive comments 
relating to the Consent Decree for a period of thirty (30) days from 
the date of that publication. 75 FR 76,025 (Dec. 7, 2010). In response 
to a number of requests, the Department of Justice is extending that

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public comment period for four weeks, until February 3, 2011. Comments 
should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division, and mailed either electronically to 
[email protected] or in hard copy to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20044-7611. Comments should 
refer to United States and the State of Wisconsin v. NCR Corp., et al., 
Case No. 10-C-910 (E.D. Wis.) and D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-2-1045/3.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at: (1) The offices of the 
United States Attorney, 517 E. Wisconsin Avenue, Room 530, Milwaukee, 
Wisconsin; and (2) the offices of the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 14th Floor, Chicago, Illinois. 
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 Department of Justice Consent 
Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, 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 $11.00 (44 pages at 25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Maureen M. Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-32001 Filed 12-20-10; 8:45 am]
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