[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 9 (Thursday, January 14, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3199-3200]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-00589]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On December 16, 2020, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
consent decree with the United States District Court for the District 
of Delaware in the lawsuit entitled United States v. Delaware, Civil 
Action No. 1:20-cv-01703-UNA.
    The United States filed this lawsuit under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) 
against the state of Delaware. The complaint seeks recovery of past 
costs that the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 
incurred in responding to releases or threatened releases of hazardous 
substances at a former landfill at the Governor Bacon Health Center/
Fort DuPont State Park in New Castle County, Delaware. Under the 
consent decree, Delaware agrees to pay $1,889,992.30 of EPA's past 
response costs, while the United States Department of Defense (Settling 
Federal Agency) agrees to pay $1,700,993.07 of EPA's past response 
costs. In return, the United States agrees not to sue Delaware under 
Sections 107 and 113 of CERCLA, and Delaware agrees not to sue the 
United States for any portion of EPA's past response costs, including 
under Sections 107 or 113 of CERCLA.
    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. Delaware, D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-11709. 
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

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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 $4.75 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Jeffrey Sands,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-00589 Filed 1-13-21; 8:45 am]
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