[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 27 (Monday, February 10, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7700-7701]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-02831]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On January 31, 2014, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed a 
Consent

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Decree with the United States District Court for the Southern District 
of Ohio in the lawsuit entitled United States v. 3M Company, et al., 
Civil Action No. 3:14-cv-00032-WHR.
    The United States filed this lawsuit under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA). The 
United States' complaint requests recovery of costs that the United 
States incurred responding to releases of hazardous substances at the 
Lammers Barrel Superfund Site (the ``Site'') in BeaverCreek, Ohio. The 
complaint also seeks injunctive relief, specifically, performance of 
the remedial action for Operable Unit 1 at the Site selected by the 
United States Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''). Under the 
terms of the Consent Decree, the Defendants have agreed to (1) perform 
the remedial action selected by EPA for Operable Unit 1, at an estimate 
cost of $3.4 million; (2) implement institutional controls; (3) 
reimburse the United States $1,496,689.04 for past response costs; (4) 
reimburse the United States for future response costs.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
and should refer to United States v. 3M Company et al., D.J. Ref. No. 
90-11-3-07706. 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, D.C. 20044-7611.
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    During the public comment period, the proposed 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 proposed 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 $89.75 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury. For a paper 
copy without the signature pages and Appendices, the cost is $24.25.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-02831 Filed 2-7-14; 8:45 am]
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