[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 1, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 5609]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-2180]


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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 January 24, 2011, a proposed Consent 
Decree (``Decree'') in United States v. The United Illuminating Company 
and The Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company, Civil Action No. 11-
cv-121, was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
District of Connecticut.
    The Decree resolves claims of the United States against The United 
Illuminating Company (``United Illuminating'') and The Fitchburg Gas 
and Electric Light Company (``FG&E'') under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, 42 
U.S.C. 9601-9675, for recovery of costs incurred by the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') related to the East Main 
Street Disposal Area Site in New Haven County, Connecticut (``Site''). 
The Decree requires United Illuminating and FG&E to pay $464,000 to the 
United States in reimbursement of costs incurred by EPA at the Site.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Decree. 
Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environmental 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. The United Illuminating Company and The Fitchburg Gas 
and Electric Light Company, Civil Action No. 11-cv-121 (D.Conn.) D.J. 
Ref. 90-11-3-09917.
    The Decree may be examined at the Office of the United States 
Attorney, District of Connecticut, New Haven Office, 157 Church Street, 
Floor 23, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, and at U.S. EPA Region I, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100, 
Boston, Massachusetts 02109. During the public comment period, the 
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 
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 $23.25 (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. 2011-2180 Filed 1-31-11; 8:45 am]
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