[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 201 (Thursday, October 17, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 55589]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-22637]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On October 9, 2019, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
consent decree with the United States District Court for the District 
of Massachusetts in United States v. Textron Inc., and Whittaker 
Corporation, Civil Action No. 19-cv-12097-RGS.
    The proposed consent decree would resolve the claims of the United 
States for injunctive relief and recovery of response costs against the 
defendants under sections 106 and 107 of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA'') 
relating to the Nuclear Metals, Inc. Superfund Site in Concord, 
Massachusetts.
    The consent decree requires the settling defendants, Textron Inc. 
and Whittaker Corporation, to pay approximately $8,000 toward the 
United States Environmental Protection Agency's (``EPA's'') past 
response costs, contribute approximately $2 million into a trust 
account, and perform the remedial action for this Site using funds from 
the trust account. The consent decree also requires the settling 
federal agencies, the U.S. Army and the U.S. Department of Energy, to 
pay approximately $390,000 toward EPA's past response costs and 
contribute approximately $101 million into the trust account to be used 
by the settling defendants to perform the remedial action for this 
Site.
    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. Textron Inc., and Whittaker 
Corporation, D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-2-07237/12. 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: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. 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 $121.25 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury. For a 
copy without the exhibits, the cost is $12.50.

Jeffrey Sands,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-22637 Filed 10-16-19; 8:45 am]
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