[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 111 (Friday, June 8, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34065-34066]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-13966]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on June 1, 2012, a proposed Amendment 
to the Consent Decree in U.S. v. Allied Signal Inc., et al., 96 Civ. 
1513 (RPP) was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
Southern District of New York.
    The Original Consent Decree that was entered in 1996 involves the 
Cortese Landfill Superfund Site, located in the Town of Tusten, 
Sullivan County, New York. The Amendment to the Consent Decree modifies 
the Original Consent Decree to require implementation of a modified 
remedy that the United States Environmental Protection Agency has 
selected for the Site.
    In the course of the performance of the original remedy, two 
additional sources of contamination were discovered beneath a former 
drum disposal areas at the Site, which required the selection of an 
additional response action to address this newly identified source-area 
contamination. Accordingly, EPA modified the original remedy to provide 
for air sparging/soil vapor extraction and amendment addition (i.e., 
injection of soil amendment into the subsurface), subsequent 
application of in-situ chemical oxidation, if necessary, to address the 
sources of contamination beneath the former drum disposal areas, and 
monitored natural attenuation to address the groundwater downgradient 
from the landfill perimeter.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of 30 days from 
the date of this publication comments relating to the Amendment 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 
U.S. v. Allied Signal Inc., et al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-1078/1.

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    During the public comment period, the Amendment to 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 
Amendment to 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 $17.25 (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.

Ronald G. Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2012-13966 Filed 6-7-12; 8:45 am]
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