[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 220 (Wednesday, November 16, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 68727]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24881]


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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 November 9, 2022, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
consent decree with the United States District Court for the District 
of Rhode Island in the lawsuit entitled United States of America and 
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management v. Aerosols 
Danville, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 1:22-cv-405
    The United States seeks performance of a remedial design/remedial 
action and reimbursement of response costs under Sections 106 and 107 
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act (``CERCLA'') concerning Operable Unit 2 (``OU2'') of the 
Landfill & Resource Recovery, Inc. Superfund Site (``Site''), located 
in North Smithfield, Rhode Island. The State of Rhode Island Department 
of Environmental Management is co-plaintiff.
    Under the proposed consent decree, 13 Settling Defendants agree to 
perform the remedial action for OU2 that is identified in the United 
States Environmental Protection Agency's (``EPA'') Record of Decision 
relating to the Site, dated April 2021. The proposed consent decree 
also requires the Settling Defendants to fully reimburse the State of 
Rhode Island for its future response costs and to reimburse the United 
States for a portion of its future Site-related response costs.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the proposed consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Environmental Enforcement Section, and should refer to United States of 
America and State of Rhode Island Department of Environmental 
Management v. Aerosols Danville, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 1:22-
cv-405, D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-2-449/6. 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 $69.50 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Henry S. Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-24881 Filed 11-15-22; 8:45 am]
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