[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 14 (Monday, January 23, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3282-3283]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-1240]


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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 January 11, 2012, a proposed Consent 
Decree (``Decree'') in United States v. Merriam

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Manufacturing Company, Inc.; Aztec Industries, L.L.C.; and Estate of 
Allen Adams, Civil Action No. 3:12-cv-00054, was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the District of Connecticut.
    The Decree resolves claims of the United States pursuant to 
Sections 106 and 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606, 9607, 
against the parties in connection with the Durham Meadows Superfund 
Site located in Durham, Connecticut (``Site''). Under the Decree the 
settling defendants agree to a stipulated judgment in the amount of 
$20,137,000. The Consent Decree provides that the judgment may be 
satisfied solely through proceeds from insurance and from the proceeds 
of the sale of real property.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Decree. 
Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environmental 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 v. Merriam Manufacturing Company, Inc., et al., Civil 
Action No. 3:12-cv-00054, D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-1721/2.
    During the public comment period, the Consent Decree also may be 
examined on the following Department of Justice Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the 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 ``Consent Decree Copy'' 
([email protected]), fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation 
number (202) 514-5271. If requesting a copy from the Consent Decree 
Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $15.50 (25 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 address given above. If requesting a copy exclusive of exhibits, 
please enclose a check in the amount of $6.50.

Ronald Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2012-1240 Filed 1-20-12; 8:45 am]
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