[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 9, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32781-32782]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-14514]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On June 24, 2019, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Second Joint Stipulation to Modify Consent Decree

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with the United States District Court for the Central District of 
California in the lawsuit entitled United States and the State of 
California v. ITT LLC, et al., Civil Action No. 2:99-cv-00552.
    In 1999, the United States and the State of California Department 
of Toxic Substances Control filed a lawsuit against numerous parties 
under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act in connection with groundwater contamination at the 
Glendale North and South Operable Units of the San Fernando Valley 
(Area 2) Superfund Site in and around Glendale, California. The 
complaint sought reimbursement of response costs and the performance of 
response actions by the defendants. In 2000, a consent decree settling 
the case was entered by the court. Pursuant to the consent decree, 
certain settling defendants (referred to in the consent decree as 
``Settling Work Defendants'') have been performing response actions at 
the site in coordination with the City of Glendale.
    The proposed Second Joint Stipulation provides that (1) the 
Settling Work Defendants will not request a Certificate of Completion 
regarding the work before November 30, 2024, and they and the City of 
Glendale shall continue to perform their respective actions until at 
least November 30, 2024, and (2) the Settling Work Defendants agree to 
pay to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) their allocated 
share of ``Basin-Wide Future Response Costs'' (as that term is defined 
in the consent decree) paid by EPA on or after October 1, 2016.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the Second Joint Stipulation to Modify Consent Decree. Comments should 
be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division, and should refer to United States and the State of 
California v. ITT LLC, et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-2-442A. 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 Second Joint Stipulation to 
Modify Consent 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 Second Joint Stipulation to Modify 
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.

Henry S. Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-14514 Filed 7-8-19; 8:45 am]
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