[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 72 (Monday, April 15, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22295-22296]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-08719]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On April 8, 2013, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
consent decree with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern 
District of New York in the case entitled In re Motors Liquidation 
Corp., et al., Civil Action No. 90-50026 (REG).
    The parties to the consent decree are the General Unsecured 
Creditors (``GUC'') Trust (established under a March 30, 2011 Plan of 
Liquidation, and authorized to settle the remaining claims against the 
dissolved debtors, Motors Liquidation Corporation, formerly known as 
General Motors Corporation, Remediation and Liability Management 
Company, Inc., and Environmental Corporate Remediation Company, Inc. 
(collectively, ``Old GM'')); the United States of America; and the 
State of New York. The consent decree resolves claims for natural 
resource damages and assessment costs (``NRD'') of the United States 
Department of Interior (``DOI'') and the State of New York's Department 
of Environmental Conservation (``DEC''), under section 107 of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601-9675, with respect to the Onondaga Lake 
NPL Site, located in Onondaga County, New York.
    Under the consent decree, the United States on behalf of DOI and 
New York on behalf of DEC (collectively, ``the Joint Onondaga 
Trustees'') shall have a total Allowed General Unsecured Claim in the 
total amount of $5,500,000.00, classified in Class 3 under the Plan of 
Liquidation (the ``Onondaga NRD Allowed Claim''), which shall be 
divided by the Joint Onondaga Trustees as follows: (i) $85,000 for 
DOI's claims for past NRD assessment costs, (ii) $10,000 for DEC's 
claims for past NRD assessment costs, and (iii) $5,405,000 for 
restoration funds at the Onondaga Lake NPL Site sought by the Joint 
Onondaga Trustees.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
should refer to In re Motors Liquidation Corp., et al., D.J. Ref. No. 
90-11-3-09754. All comments must be submitted no later than thirty (30) 
days after the publication date of this notice.

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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 email.....................  [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 $5.75 (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. 2013-08719 Filed 4-12-13; 8:45 am]
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