[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 179 (Friday, September 16, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 56983]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20071]


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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 13, 2022, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the District Court of the Southern District of New 
York in a lawsuit entitled United States v. American Iron & Metal Co., 
et al., Civil Action No. 22-7800.
    In this action the United States seeks, as provided under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 
recovery of response costs from four parties regarding the Port 
Refinery Superfund Site (``Site'') in the Village of Rye Brook, New 
York. The proposed Consent Decree resolves the United States' claims 
and requires American Iron & Metal Co., Inc., Culp Industries, Inc., 
Paramount Global, and Public Service Company of New Hampshire, to pay, 
in aggregate, $437,255, in reimbursement of the United States' past 
response costs regarding the Site.
    The publication of this notice opens the public comment on the 
proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
should refer to United States v. American Iron & Metal Co., et al., 
Civil Action No. 22-7800, D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-1142/8. All comments must 
be submitted no later than 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 email 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 $5.50 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Henry S. Friedman,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-20071 Filed 9-15-22; 8:45 am]
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