[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 15, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8900-8901]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-3479]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on February 9, 2012, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States and Nebraska v. NL Industries, Inc., Civil 
Action No. 8:12-cv-00059 was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the District of Nebraska.
    In that lawsuit, the United States and State of Nebraska seek to 
recover response costs pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA'') in connection 
with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's continuing cleanup of 
the Omaha Lead Superfund Site. The proposed consent decree will require 
NL Industries, Inc. to pay $624,000 to the Hazardous Substance 
Superfund in partial reimbursement of the United States' response costs 
and pay $26,000 to the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality.
    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 and Nebraska v. NL Industries, Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-
07834/5.
    During the public comment period, the Consent Decree, may also be 
examined on the following Department of Justice Web site, http://

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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 ``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 by mail, please enclose a check in the amount of $4.75 (25 
cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury or, if 
requesting by email or fax, forward a check in that amount to the 
Consent Decree Library at the address given above.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2012-3479 Filed 2-14-12; 8:45 am]
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