[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 8 (Monday, January 13, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2200-2201]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-00365]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On January 6, 2014, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Southern 
District of Illinois in the lawsuit entitled United States v. 
Schlumberger Technology Corp. and General Dynamics--Ordnance and 
Tactical Systems, Inc., Civil Action No. 3:11-CV-00399.
    The Consent Decree would resolve claims alleged by the United 
States on behalf of the United States Environmental Protection Agency 
(``EPA'') and the United States Department of the Interior (``DOI'') 
pursuant to Section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 
U.S.C. 9607. The United States' Complaint asserts claims against 
Schlumberger Technology Corp. and General Dynamics--Ordnance and 
Tactical Systems, Inc., (``Defendants''), and seeks recovery of 
unreimbursed costs incurred for response activities undertaken in 
response to the release and threatened release of hazardous substances 
from facilities at and near Site 36 of the Miscellaneous Areas Operable 
Unit (``Site 36'') located at the Sangamo Electric Dump/Crab Orchard 
National Wildlife Refuge Site near Marion, Illinois. The unreimbursed 
costs total approximately $9.8 million.
    The Proposed Consent Decree would also resolve counter-claims 
asserted by the Defendants against DOI, the United States Department of 
the Army, and the United States Federal Bureau of Prisons 
(``Counterclaim Defendant Agencies''); as well as third-party claims 
asserted by the Defendants against Crane Co., Illinois Tool Works, Olin 
Corporation, Sherwin-Williams Company, Mallinckrodt US LLC, Great Lakes 
Synergy Corporation, and Pennzoil-Quaker State Company (``Third-Party 
Defendants''). Under the proposed settlement, the United States would 
pay $5,621,985 on behalf of the Settling Federal Agencies and the 
private parties would pay an additional $4,167,458.
    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 United States v. Schlumberger Technology Corp. and 
General Dynamics--Ordnance and Tactical

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Systems, Inc., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-643/11. 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 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 $11.50 (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. 2014-00365 Filed 1-10-14; 8:45 am]
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