[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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