[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 190 (Tuesday, October 1, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52137-52138]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-21208]


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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 19, 2019, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Northern 
District of New York in the lawsuit entitled United States v. Gaetano 
Associates LP and Charles A. Gaetano Construction Corporation, Civil 
Action No. 6:19-cv-01162. In the filed Complaint, the United States, on 
behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), alleges 
that the Defendants are liable under the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), for the 
response costs EPA incurred to respond to the releases and/or 
threatened releases of hazardous substances into the environment from a 
parcel of property where the former Charlestown Mall outlet is located 
in Utica, New York that the Defendants owned and operated. The Consent 
Decree requires the Defendants to pay $1.85 million in a lump sum to 
the United States for the settlement of the allegations in the filed 
Complaint.
    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. Gaetano Associates LP and Charles A. 
Gaetano Construction Corporation, D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-11061. 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 website: 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 $9.50 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost), payable to the United States Treasury.

Jeffrey Sands,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
& Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-21208 Filed 9-30-19; 8:45 am]
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