[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 236 (Tuesday, December 9, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 73103]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-28735]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging Proposed Consent Decree

    In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in ABB Inc. v. United 
States, Civil Action No. 3:13-cv-01265-CSH, was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the District of Connecticut on December 1, 
2014.
    This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by ABB Inc. 
against the United States, pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601-75, in 
connection with alleged releases of or threatened releases of hazardous 
substances at a facility located at 2000 Day Hill Road, in Windsor, 
Connecticut, owned by Combustion Engineering. The proposed Consent 
Decree resolves these allegations, as well as potential claims by the 
United States Army Corps of Engineers that could have been brought 
against ABB if the matter had not settled. The proposed Consent Decree 
provides for the United States to pay ABB $31,044,520 as soon as 
reasonably practicable after the Effective Date of the Consent Decree. 
It also provides for ABB to pay the United States $3,148,322 within 
seventy five (75) days after the Effective Date of the Consent Decree.
    The Department of Justice will accept written comments relating to 
this proposed Consent Decree for thirty (30) days from the date of 
publication of this Notice. Please address comments to Kate Bowers, 
Trial Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division, Environmental Defense Section, Post Office 
Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044 and refer to ABB Inc. v. United States, 
DJ #90-11-6-19963.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, 
United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, 450 Main 
Street, Hartford, CT 06103. In addition, the proposed Consent Decree 
may be examined electronically at http://www.justice.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html.

Cherie L. Rogers,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-28735 Filed 12-8-14; 8:45 am]
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