[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 232 (Monday, December 3, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71632-71633]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-29056]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
of 1980

    On November 27, 2012, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Northern 
District of Illinois in the lawsuit entitled United States v. Capital 
Tax Corporation, et al., Civil Action No. 04-cv-4138.
    In the original complaint filed under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) in 2004 
and amended complaints filed in 2005 and 2010, the United States sought 
reimbursement of response costs for costs incurred by the United States 
at the National Lacquer and Paint Superfund Site in Chicago, Illinois 
and penalties and punitive damages for failure to comply with EPA 
administrative orders related to the Site. The consent decree lodged on 
November 26, 2012 resolves the complaint by providing for reimbursement 
of response costs of $325,000.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the

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consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and should refer 
to United States v. Capital Tax Corporation, et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-
11-2-08218. All comments must be submitted no later than thirty (30) 
days after the publication date of this notice. Comments may be 
submitted either by email or by mail:

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          To submit comments:                     Send them to:
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By e-mail..............................  [email protected].
By mail................................  Assistant Attorney General,
                                          U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
                                          Washington, DC 20044-7611.
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    During the public comment period, the consent decree may be 
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. We will provide a paper copy 
of the consent decree upon written request and payment of reproduction 
costs. Please mail your request and payment to: Consent Decree Library, 
U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611.
    Please enclose a check or money order for $4.50 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2012-29056 Filed 11-30-12; 8:45 am]
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