[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 182 (Thursday, September 23, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 52924]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-20604]


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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 16, 2021, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree Amendment with the United States District Court for the 
District of Rhode Island in the lawsuit entitled United States and 
Rhode Island v. Ashland, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 11-558-M-DLM 
and 11-664-M-DLM.
    The United States seeks performance of a remedial action under 
sections 106 and 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA'') concerning groundwater at 
the Davis Liquid Waste Superfund Site (``Site''), located in 
Smithfield, Rhode Island (the ``Site''). On February 17, 2012, this 
Court approved a Consent Decree with seven Settling Defendants pursuant 
to CERCLA under which the Settling Defendants agreed to perform the 
remedial action addressing contamination in groundwater at the Site. In 
2020, EPA amended its cleanup remedy for the groundwater at the Site. 
Under this proposed Amendment to the 2012 Consent Decree, the Settling 
Parties agree to perform the amended remedial action for groundwater at 
the Site.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the Consent Decree Amendment. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
and should refer to United States v. Ashland, Inc. et al., D.J. Ref. 
No. 90-11-2-137/3. 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 $5.75 for a copy of the Consent 
Decree without the appendices or for $46.25 for a copy of the Consent 
Decree with appendices (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to 
the United States Treasury.

Henry Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-20604 Filed 9-22-21; 8:45 am]
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