[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 57 (Wednesday, March 25, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 15821]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-06761]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On March 19, 2015, the Department of Justice lodged with the United 
States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio a proposed 
cash-out agreement in the lawsuit entitled United States v. The Atlas 
Lederer Company, et al. Civil Action No. 3:91-cv-309. The proposed 
agreement, if approved, will amend a Consent Decree entered by the 
Court in 1998 (``Original Decree'').
    Under the Original Decree, the Settling Generator Defendants have 
cleaned up the United Scrap Lead Superfund Site (``Site'') in Troy, 
Ohio, and reimbursed the United States Environmental Protection Agency 
(``EPA'') for a portion of its response costs. Now, under the proposed 
cash-out agreement, the Settling Generator Defendants will resolve 
their remaining obligations under the Original Decree by (1) paying a 
cash-out amount of $158,564, (2) dismissing, with prejudice, their 
challenge to EPA's oversight bills under the Disputes clause of the 
Original Decree, and (3) waiving their right to share proceeds 
generated from the sale of the Site. In exchange, the United States 
shall excuse Settling Defendants from their obligations to (1) pay any 
additional oversight costs in the future, (2) conduct any studies 
reasonably necessary to support EPA's periodic review of the remedy in 
accordance with 42 U.S.C. 9621(c), and (3) use best efforts to obtain 
access to the Site from third parties. Apart from these proposed 
modifications, all other terms of the Original Decree remain unchanged 
and binding upon the parties.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the proposed cash-out agreement. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
and should refer to United States v. The Atlas Lederer Company, et al., 
D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-279B. 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, D.C. 20044-7611.
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    During the public comment period, the proposed consent decree 
amendment may be examined and downloaded at this Justice Department Web 
site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. We will also 
provide a paper copy of the proposed consent decree amendment 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 $4.75 (19 pages at 25 
cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the United States 
Treasury.

Randall M. Stone,
Acting Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-06761 Filed 3-24-15; 8:45 am]
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