[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 225 (Tuesday, November 22, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 72216]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-30131]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA'')

    Consistent with Section 122(d)(2) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(d)(2), 
notice is hereby given that on November 7, 2011, a proposed Consent 
Decree in The General Electric Company and United Nuclear Corporation 
v. United States of America, Civil Action No. 1:10-cv-404 MCA/RHS, was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the District of New 
Mexico.
    In this action the United States filed a counterclaim seeking to 
recover past and future costs incurred and to be incurred by the 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) during the performance of 
response actions at the Northeast Church Rock Mine Superfund Site in 
McKinley County, New Mexico.
    Under the Consent Decree, the Defendant United Nuclear Corporation 
will reimburse the Hazardous Substance Superfund in the amount of 
$1,905,166.60 for EPA's response costs at the Site incurred through 
July 31, 2010 and interest incurred through May 5, 2011.
    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 emailed to 
[email protected] or mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
The General Electric Company and United Nuclear Corporation v. United 
States of America, Civil Action No. 1:10-cv-404 MCA/RHS (D. N.M.), DOJ 
Ref.  90-11-3-10077.
    During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may 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 emailing 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 refer to The General Electric Company and United 
Nuclear Corporation v. United States of America, Civil Action No. 1:10-
cv-404 MCA/RHS (D. N.M.), DOJ Ref.  90-11-3-10077, and enclose 
a check in the amount of $4.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) 
payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Henry S. Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
& Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-30131 Filed 11-21-11; 8:45 am]
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