[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 13, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 86383-86384]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-27269]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On December 5, 2023, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Central 
District of Illinois in the lawsuit entitled United States et al. v. 
TCI Pacific Communications LLC, Case No. 23-4218.
    The proposed Consent Decree settles claims brought by the United 
States under Sections 106 and 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606 
and 9607 against TCI Pacific Communications LLC (``Defendant'') seeking 
reimbursement of response costs and performance of remedial measures 
with respect to Operable Unit 4 (``OU4'') of the DePue/New Jersey Zinc/
Mobil Chemical Corp. Superfund Site in DePue, Illinois. The Consent 
Decree would also resolve claims brought by the State of Illinois under 
CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607 and the Illinois Environmental Protection Act, 
415 ILCS 5/22.2 and 5/42 (d) and (e), for performance of a remedial 
action and recovery of the State's unreimbursed costs incurred at or in 
connection with OU4 at the Site. The Consent Decree requires Defendants 
to pay the United States a total of $368,831.16 in EPA's response costs 
and perform the remedial ``Work'' defined in the Scope of Work, 
attached to the Consent Decree as Appendix B. The Work consists of 
excavation of contaminated soil and Site-related material from 
residences, parks, and alleys, backfilling with clean soil, 
revegetation, and stockpiling and management of the excavated fill in 
the Former Plant Site Area of OU3.
    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, 
and should refer to United States et al. v. TCI Pacific Communications 
LLC, DJ No. 90-11-3-11937/1. All comments must be submitted no later 
than thirty (30) days after the publication date of this notice. 
Commenters may request an opportunity for a public meeting in the 
affected area in accordance with section 7003(d) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 
6973(d). Comments may be submitted either by email or by mail:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
         To submit comments:                     Send them to:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
By email............................  [email protected].
By mail.............................  Assistant Attorney General, U.S.
                                       DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
                                       Washington, DC 20044-7611.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    During the public comment period, the proposed Consent Decree may 
be examined and downloaded at this Justice Department website: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees.

[[Page 86384]]

    We will provide a paper copy of the proposed 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.
    For a copy of the Consent Decree, please enclose a check or money 
order for $61 (244 pages at 25 cents per page reproduction cost) 
payable to the United States Treasury.

Patricia McKenna,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-27269 Filed 12-12-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4410-15-P