[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 244 (Tuesday, December 20, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78949-78950]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-32478]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with section 122(d)(2)(B) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 
42 U.S.C. 9622(d)(2), and 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on 
December 9, 2011, a proposed Consent Decree in United States of America 
v. Akzo Nobel Chemicals, Inc., Civil Action No. 1:11-cv-00701-CG-C, was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the Southern District 
of Alabama, Southern Division.
    In this action, brought pursuant to sections 106(a) and 107 of 
CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606(a) and 9607, the United States seeks injunctive 
relief to remedy conditions in connection with the release or 
threatened release of hazardous substances into the environment at the 
Stauffer Chemical Company Cold Creek Superfund Site and LeMoyne Plants 
Superfund Site (the ``Sites''), Operable Unit Three, in Mobile County, 
Alabama. The United States also seeks to recover unreimbursed costs 
incurred, and to be incurred, for response activities at the Site. 
Under the proposed Consent Decree, defendants agree to undertake 
remedial work at the Site, to reimburse the United States for all of 
its past response costs ($912,913.27), and to pay future costs, 
relating to Operable Unit Three at the Sites.
    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 
United States of America v. Akzo Nobel Chemicals, Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-
11-2-912/2.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at U.S. EPA Region 4, Atlanta 
Federal Center, 61 Forsyth Street, Atlanta, Georgia 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 
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 enclose a 
check in the amount of $12.50 (for the Consent Decree only) and $64.00 
for the Consent Decree and all exhibits thereto) (25

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cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury or, if 
by email or fax, forward a check in that amount to the Consent Decree 
Library at the stated address.

Henry Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Nat. Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-32478 Filed 12-19-11; 8:45 am]
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