[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 61 (Monday, March 31, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18066-18067]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-07031]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA'')

    On March 25, 2014, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
consent decree with the United States District Court for the Eastern 
District of Pennsylvania in the lawsuit entitled United States v. the 
Estate of Jack H. Goodyear, Marie F. Goodyear and Richard W. Baum, as 
Executors of the Estate of Jack H. Goodyear, Civil Action No. 2:14-cv-
01749.
    In this action under Section 107(a) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 
9607(a) (``CERCLA''), the

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United States sought reimbursement of response costs incurred or to be 
incurred for response actions taken at or in connection with the 
release or threatened release of hazardous substances at the North Penn 
7 Superfund Site, in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The proposed 
decree requires the settling defendants to pay $506,718.25 to the 
United States in reimbursement of past response and future response 
costs.
    The proposed decree provides the settling defendants with a 
covenant not to sue under Sections 106 and 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 
9606 and 9607(a).
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the proposed decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
should refer to United States v. the Estate of Jack H. Goodyear, et 
al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-2-09224. 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 $7.50 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-07031 Filed 3-28-14; 8:45 am]
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