[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 193 (Thursday, October 4, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50122-50123]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-21589]


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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, 2018, the Department of Justice and the State of 
California's Department of Toxic Substances Control (``DTSC'') filed a 
complaint and lodged a proposed Consent Decree with the United States 
District Court for the Eastern District of California (``Court'') 
pertaining to environmental soil, solid waste, and soil gas 
contamination at Operable Unit 2 (``OU2'') of the Laboratory for 
Energy-Related Health Research/Old Campus Landfill Superfund Site 
(``Site'') in Solano County, California. The complaint and proposed 
Consent Decree were filed contemporaneously in the matter of United 
States of America and the California Department of Toxic Substances 
Control vs. Regents of the University of California, Civil Action No. 
2:18-cv-02651 (E.D. Cal.).
    The proposed Consent Decree resolves certain claims under Sections 
106 and 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9606, 9607, as well as related state law 
claims, in connection with soil, solid waste, and soil gas 
contamination at OU2. The Consent Decree requires the settling 
defendant, the Regents of the University of California, to perform 
cleanup of soil, solid waste, and soil gas contamination at OU2, and to 
reimburse the United States' and DTSC's related oversight costs on an 
ongoing basis.
    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 of America and the California Department 
of Toxic Substances Control vs. Regents of the University of 
California, D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-1606/2. 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].

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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 website: https://www.usdoj.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 $57.00 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) for the Consent Decree, including appendices and 
signature pages, payable to the United States Treasury. For a paper 
copy of the Consent Decree without the appendices and signature pages, 
the cost is $15.50.

Henry Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-21589 Filed 10-3-18; 8:45 am]
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