[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 235 (Wednesday, December 7, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 88270]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-29355]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On November 22, 2016, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
consent decree with the United States District Court for the Western 
District of North Carolina in the lawsuit entitled United States v. CTS 
Corporation, Mills Gap Road Associates, and Northrop Grumman Systems 
Corporation, Civil Action No. 1:16-cv-00380.
    The United States, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA), filed this lawsuit under the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). The complaint seeks 
performance of response actions to address contamination of 
tricholorethylene in the groundwater at the CTS of Asheville, Inc. 
Superfund Site in Asheville, North Carolina.
    The proposed consent decree would resolve the claims alleged in the 
complaint. It requires the defendants, CTS Corporation, Mills Gap Road 
Associates, and Northrop Grumman Corporation, to implement the remedy 
selected by EPA, which is estimated to cost $8,885,000.
    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. CTS Corporation, Mills Gap Road 
Associates, and Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, D.J. Ref. No. 90-
11-2-08135/2. 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: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. 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.
    For a paper copy, please enclose a check or money order for $109.50 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the United States 
Treasury. For a paper copy without the exhibits and signature pages, 
the cost is $8.50.

Henry S. Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-29355 Filed 12-6-16; 8:45 am]
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