[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 229 (Wednesday, November 27, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 70967]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-30154]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on October 31, 2002, a proposed 
amendment to a consent decree entered on April 28, 1992 in United 
States and State of Arizona v. Motorola, Inc., Siemens Corporation, 
Salt River Valley Water Users' Association and GlaxoSmithKline, Civil 
Action No. CV-91-1835-PHX-WPC, was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the District of Arizona.
    In this action the United States sought the performance of response 
actions and the recovery of response costs incurred and to be incurred 
by the United States with respect to releases of hazardous substances 
at the Indian Bend Wash, North, Superfund Site in Scottsdale, Arizona 
(``Site''). The consent decree entered by the Court on April 28, 1992 
required the performance of certain work by the Defendants Motorola, 
Inc., Siemens Corporation, the Salt River Valley Water Users' 
Association and GlaxoSmithKline (collectively ``Defendants''), with 
participation by the City of Scottsdale pursuant to Rule 19 of the 
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
    One provision of the April 28, 1992 consent decree specified that, 
if EPA determined that additional work was necessary to remediate 
contamination at the Site, the parties would negotiate informally to 
incorporate a requirement for the performance of that work into the 
April 28, 1992 consent decree. The Amended Consent Decree would 
incorporate certain additional work to be performed at the Site by the 
Defendants and the City that EPA has deemed necessary. This work 
includes, but is not limited to, the continued operation and 
maintenance of three groundwater treatment facilities and related 
extraction and monitoring well systems.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Amended 
Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, PO Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States and State of Arizona v. Motorola, Inc., Siemens 
Corporation, Salt River Valley Water Users' Association and 
GlaxoSmithKline, D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-413.
    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).
    The Amended Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Two Renaissance Square, 40 N. Central Avenue, 
Suite 1200, Phoenix, Arizona 85004-4408, and at U.S. EPA Region 9, 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105. A copy of the 
Amended Consent Decree may also be obtained by mail from the Consent 
Decree Library, PO Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 
20044-7611 or by faxing a request to Tonia Fleetwood, fax no. (202) 
514-0097, phone confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a 
copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $69.25 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury. In requesting a copy 
exclusive of exhibits, please enclose a check in the amount of $23.00 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Ellen M. Mahan,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-30154 Filed 11-26-02; 8:45 am]
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