[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 160 (Thursday, August 18, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 51397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-21008]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreement Under the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act and the Emergency Planning and Community 
Right-to-Know Act

    Notice is hereby given that on August 12, 2011, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. Clean Harbors of Braintree, Inc., No. 11-
11440, was lodged with the United States District Court of the District 
of Massachusetts. The United States filed this action, on the same day 
that the Consent Decree was lodged with the Court, under the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act (``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 6901, et seq., and 
the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (``EPCRA''), 42 
U.S.C. 11001, et seq. The Complaint alleges that Clean Harbors of 
Braintree, Inc. (``Clean Harbors'') violated various provisions of RCRA 
and EPCRA, as well as their implementing permits and regulations, at 
the hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facility operated 
by Clean Harbors at 1 Hill Avenue in Braintree, Massachusetts 
(``Facility'').
    Under the Consent Decree, Clean Harbors has agreed to certain 
injunctive relief, to pay a penalty in the amount of $650,000, and to 
implement a Supplemental Environmental Project, at a cost of at least 
$1,062,500, involving the planting of approximately 1,400 trees in low-
income or minority areas located in the City of Boston. The Consent 
Decree resolves the civil claims of the United States for the 
violations alleged in the Complaint through the date of lodging of the 
Consent Decree.
    For a period of thirty days from the date of this publication, the 
Department of Justice will receive and consider comments relating to 
the Consent Decree. All comments must be received by the Department of 
Justice within this thirty-day period. 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, and should refer to United States v. Clean Harbors of Braintree, 
Inc., No. XX (D. Mass.) and D.J. Ref. No. 90-7-1-09439. A copy of any 
comments should be sent to Donald G. Frankel, Senior Counsel, 
Department of Justice, Environmental Enforcement Section, One Gateway 
Center, Suite 616, Newton, MA 02458, or e-mailed to 
[email protected].
    The Agreement may be examined at the Office of the United States 
Attorney, District of Massachusetts, United States Federal Courthouse, 
1 Courthouse Way, Boston, MA 02210 (contact George B. Henderson, II at 
617-748-3100). During the public comment period, the Agreement may also 
be examined on the following Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the Agreement 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 of the Agreement from the 
Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $9.50 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury (if 
the request is by fax or e-mail, forward a check to the Consent Decree 
library at the address stated above).

Ronald G. Gluck,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-21008 Filed 8-17-11; 8:45 am]
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