[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 14, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15124-15125]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-6066]


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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 February 21, 2012, a proposed 
Consent Decree in United States v. FMC Corporation, Civil Action No. 
2:11-cv-00699 (``FMC'') was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the Middle District of Alabama.
    In FMC, the United States of America (``United States''), on behalf 
of the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection 
Agency (``EPA''), filed a complaint pursuant to Section 107 of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607, seeking reimbursement 
of response costs incurred between 2005 and 2007 stemming from an EPA 
emergency removal action cleaning up hazardous substances at the 
Performance Advantage Superfund Site in Coosa County, Alabama. In 
response, FMC filed a counterclaim against the United States.
    The proposed Consent Decree resolves all claims and counterclaims 
in this action. Under the Consent Decree, Defendant FMC will pay a 
total of $300,000, plus interest, to the EPA's Hazardous Substance 
Superfund, and

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the United States will cause to be transferred a total of $71,000 from 
the Judgment Fund at the United States Treasury to the EPA Hazardous 
Substance Superfund.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 
proposed 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 this case: United States v. FMC Corporation, Civil Action No. 
2:11-cv-00699, D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-09066/1.
    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 proposed 
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 no. (202) 514-5271. In requesting a copy from the Consent 
Decree Library, please enclose a check 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, in the following amount (25 cents 
per page reproduction cost): $6.50 for the Consent Decree (with Exhibit 
A--Site Map).

Henry S. Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2012-6066 Filed 3-13-12; 8:45 am]
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