[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 27, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61328-61329]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-27817]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On December 20, 2017, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
consent decree (``Decree'') with the United States District Court for 
the Northern District of New York in the lawsuit entitled United States 
v. Honeywell International Inc. and Onondaga County, New York, Civil 
Action No. 5:17-cv-01364-FJS-DEP.
    The proposed Decree resolves claims under Section 107(a) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), against Honeywell International Inc. 
(``Honeywell'') and Onondaga County (``County'') (collectively the 
``Defendants'') for natural resource damages resulting from the 
releases of hazardous substances at or from the Defendants' facilities 
at the Onondaga Lake Superfund Site, located in the City of Syracuse, 
New York. The proposed Decree provides that Honeywell will (1) 
implement and maintain 20 restoration projects to restore and protect 
wildlife habitat and water quality, and increase recreational 
opportunities at Onondaga Lake; (2) pay $5 million for future 
restoration projects to be undertaken by the Trustees; (3) pay 
$500,000.00 toward stewardship activities to protect and maintain 
restoration projects; and (4) pay $750,000.00 for Trustees' future 
oversight costs. The proposed Decree also requires that the County will 
operate, repair, maintain, and monitor five of these restoration 
projects located on or adjacent to County parklands for 25 years. The 
Defendants' work and payment obligations under the Decree total more 
than $26 million.
    Appendix A to the proposed Decree is the Final Onondaga Lake 
Natural Resource Damage Assessment Restoration Plan and Environmental 
Assessment (``RP/EA'') issued in August 2017. The RP/EA describes the 
natural resource injuries and associated losses and outlines the 20 
restoration projects. The plan also includes responses to oral and 
written comments received from the public on the draft plan during a 
90-day public comment period, which included four public meetings and 
one public hearing held during the spring 2017. The final RP/EA is 
available at http://www.fws.gov/northeast/nyfo/ec/onondaga.htm
    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. Honeywell International Inc. and 
Onondaga County, New York, D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-08348/1. 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 proposed Decree may be 
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department website: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We will provide a paper copy of 
the 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 $93.75 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury. For a paper 
copy of the Decree without the appendices the cost is $12.75.

Robert E. Maher, Jr.,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2017-27817 Filed 12-26-17; 8:45 am]
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