[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 192 (Thursday, October 5, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 46530]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-21394]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On September 28, 2017, the Department of Justice lodged a Consent 
Decree with defendant Aramark Uniform & Career Apparel, LLC 
(``Aramark'') in the United States District Court for the Southern 
District of West Virginia, Civil Action No. 3:17-cv-04062. The Consent 
Decree resolves a claim under Section 107(a)(2) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 
42 U.S.C. 9607(a)(2), for past response costs incurred in connection 
with the release of PCE at the Coyne Textile Services Superfund Site, 
located in Huntington, West Virginia. The Complaint filed concurrently 
with the Consent Decree alleges that Aramark, through a predecessor 
company, owned and operated an industrial laundry business at the Site 
from 1972 to 1982 that included a dry cleaning process that utilized 
perchloroethylene (``PERC'' or ``PCE''). The proposed consent decree 
obligates Aramark to reimburse $1.595 million of the United States' 
past response costs and provides Aramark a covenant not to sue for past 
response costs incurred through May 10, 2017. Aramark is performing the 
work at the Site pursuant to an administrative order and agreement with 
EPA, which addresses claims under Section 106(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 
9606(a), at the Site.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Acting 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
and should refer to United States v. Aramark Uniform & Career Apparel, 
LLC, Civil Action No. 3:17-cv-04062 (S.D.W. Va.), DJ Ref. No. 90-11-3-
11369. All comments must be submitted no later than 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.
    Please enclose a check or money order for $6.00 (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 $5.25.

Jeffrey Sands,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2017-21394 Filed 10-4-17; 8:45 am]
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