[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 102 (Tuesday, May 28, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31975-31976]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-12521]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


 Notice of Proposed Joint Stipulation to Consent Decree Entered 
Into Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation 
And Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that on May 17, 2013, a proposed joint 
stipulation to an entered Consent Decree filed in United States et al. 
v. ITT Industries, Inc., et. al., Civil Action No. 99-00552 was lodged 
with the United States District Court for the Central District of 
California (Western Division).
    On August 2, 2000, the parties to the civil action, including the 
United States, the State of California, on behalf of the California 
Department of Toxic Substances Control, the City of Glendale, and 
several potentially responsible parties, entered into a Consent Decree 
settlement, pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act, which resolved the filed claims of the 
federal and state governments for the Glendale North and South Operable 
Units of the San Fernando Valley (Area 2) Superfund Site (Site). 
Pursuant to the consent decree, certain of the potentially responsible 
parties (Settling Work Defendants) have been performing and are 
performing Site remedial actions (Work) required by the consent decree, 
including, among other actions, a Focused Feasibility Study (FFS).
    The parties have reached a proposed joint stipulation that the 
Settling Work Defendants will not request a Certificate of Completion 
regarding the Work before November 30, 2018 and, Settling Work 
Defendants and the City of Glendale shall continue to perform their 
respective Work required to be performed under the Consent Decree and 
other requirements of the Consent Decree, including the Performance 
Standards, FFS and any implementation of Work resulting therefrom, now 
and into the future until at least November 30, 2018, when additional 
Site information will be available to the parties, subject in all 
instances to the terms and applicable conditions set forth in the 
Consent Decree, and without waiving any rights, defenses and/or 
remedies that the Plaintiffs, the City of Glendale, or Settling Work 
Defendants have under the Consent Decree (it being agreed that the 
implementation Work resulting from the FFS has not yet been determined, 
and the Settling Work Defendants and/or the City shall be entitled to 
exercise any and all rights, defenses and remedies under the Consent 
Decree to object to any implementation of Work that may be ordered by 
the United States under the Consent Decree).
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the proposed joint stipulation. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
and should refer to United States et al. v. ITT Industries, Inc., et. 
al., Civil Action No. 99-00552, D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-2-442A. 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 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 Stipulation may be examined 
and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. We will provide

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a paper copy of the Stipulation 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 $4.00 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Henry S. Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-12521 Filed 5-24-13; 8:45 am]
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