[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 201 (Tuesday, October 18, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 64378]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-26831]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Proposed Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that on October 4, 2011, a proposed consent 
decree in United States et al. v. Airgas Carbonic, Inc., et. al., Civil 
Action No. 1:11-cv-163 was lodged with the United States District Court 
for the Southern District of Georgia.
    In this action, filed pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation and Liability Act, the United States and the 
State of Georgia sought (a) The reimbursement of the Federal and state 
governments' incurred and to be incurred response costs relating to the 
Alternate Energy Resources, Inc. Site (AER Site), which is located in 
Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia; and (b) the performance of the 
remedial design and the remedial action (RD/RA) for the AER Site 
consistent with the National Contingency Plan, 40 CFR part 300 (as 
amended).
    The parties in this case have reached a proposed settlement. 
Pursuant to the proposed Consent Decree, seventy-three parties (the 
Settling Performing Parties), including sixty-eight (68) private 
parties, four Federal agencies and one state agency, will perform the 
RD/RA work for the Site at an approximate cost of $7.3 million. The 
Federal and the state agencies will participate in the clean-up by 
contributing financially to the private parties who will be performing 
the RD/RA work. Certain of these Settling Performing Parties have 
already spent approximately $1.1 million in Site-related investigative 
and response activities.
    Additionally, seven hundred and ninety-seven (797) other parties 
(De Minimis Parties), including private parties, and Federal and state 
agencies, will also contribute financially to the Settling Performing 
Parties' performance of the RD/RA work and to the reimbursement of the 
Federal and state costs incurred and to be incurred.
    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 
the Consent Decree for civil action United States et al. v. Airgas 
Carbonic, Inc. et al., DOJ Ref. No. 90-11-3-10081.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., 
Atlanta, GA 30303. 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 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 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) 
in the amount of $29.50 (Consent Decree with exhibits is $122.25; 
Consent Decree with exhibits and signature pages is $343.75) 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.

Henry S. Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-26831 Filed 10-17-11; 8:45 am]
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