[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 169 (Thursday, September 1, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 52128]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-17374]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on August 18, 2005, 
a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Novelis Corporation, 
Civil No. 05-1046, was lodged with the United States District Court for 
the Northern District of New York.
    This action concerns the Pollution Abatement Services, Inc. 
Superfund Site in Oswego, New York and the Fulton Terminals Sites in 
Fulton, New York (Sites). In this action, the United States asserted 
claims against Novelis Corporation under Section 107(a) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act 
(CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), for recovery of response costs incurred 
regarding the Sites. The proposed consent decree embodies an agreement 
with Novelis to pay $572,000 of EPA's past response costs. The decree 
provides Alcan with a covenant not to sue under Section 107(a) of 
CERCLA.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Consent 
Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. Novelis Corporation, D.J. No. 90-11-2-2/4.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 445 Broadway, 
Albany, NY 12207, and at the Region II Office of the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region II Records Center, 290 Broadway, 17th Floor, 
New York, NY 10007-1866. During the public comment period, the Consent 
Decree also may be examined on the following Department of Justice Web 
site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the Consent Decree 
also may be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 
7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611 or by 
faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood 
([email protected]), fax No. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation 
number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the Consent Decree 
Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $3.75 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Ronald G. Gluck,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 05-17374 Filed 8-31-05; 8:45 am]
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