[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 165 (Thursday, August 25, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 53155]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-21703]


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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 August 17, 2011, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. Hammond Group, Inc., Civil Action No. 2:11-
cv-00298-JD-PRC, was filed with the United States District Court for 
Northern District of Indiana, Hammond Division.
    In this action pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607-9675, as 
amended (``CERCLA''), the United States seeks recovery of costs it 
incurred in connection to the release or threatened release of 
hazardous substances into the environment at the Columbia Avenue Spill 
Site in Hammond, Indiana, as well as a declaratory judgment that the 
Defendant is liable for any future costs related to the Site. Under the 
terms of the proposed Consent Decree, the Defendant will pay in eight 
quarterly installments the sum of $1,389,569.88, which represents all 
costs incurred by EPA in connection with the Site, and interest. In 
return, the Defendant will receive covenants not to sue under Sections 
107(a) and 106 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a) and 9606.
    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 either: United States v. Hammond Group, Inc., Civil Action No. 
2:11-cv-00298-JD-PRC, or D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-10080. The Consent Decree 
may be examined at the Office of the United States Attorney, Northern 
District of Indiana, 5400 Federal Plaza, Suite 1500, Hammond, Indiana 
46320. During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may also be 
examined at 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, payable to the U.S. Treasury, in the 
amount of $21.50 (25 cents per page reproduction cost), or, if by e-
mail or fax, forward a check in the applicable amount to the Consent 
Decree Library at the stated address.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-21703 Filed 8-24-11; 8:45 am]
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