[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 106 (Friday, June 3, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 32653]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-11008]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that on May 13, 2005, a proposed Consent 
decree (the ``Decree'') in United States v. University of Nebraska, 
case no. 8:30CV00038, was lodged with the United States District Court 
for the District of Nebraska.
    In this settlement the United States resolves claims of the 
Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers for 
cost recovery for certain costs incurred and to be incurred remediating 
environmental contamination at the Former Nebraska Ordnance Plant 
Superfund Site in Mead, Nebraska. The University of Nebraska 
(``University'') has been identified as a responsible party under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA'') in connection with this Site. The Consent Decree provides 
that the United States will receive a cash payment of $71,939 and that 
the University will impose specific restrictions on use of the property 
in settlement of the above-described claims. The Consent Decree 
provides that the University remains potentially liable for future 
remediation and response costs determined to be necessary because of 
the University's activities at the Site.
    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. University of Nebraska, Case No. 8:03CV00038, District 
Court for District of Nebraska, D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-07548/1.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, First National Bank Building, 1620 Dodge Street, Suite 
1400, Omaha, Nebraska, 68102, and at U.S. EPA Region 7, 901 N. 5th 
Street, Kansas City, Kansas, 66101 and at the U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers, Office of District Counsel, 700 Federal Building, 601 E. 
12th Street, Kansas City, MO 64106-2896. During the public comment 
period, the Consent Decree may also be examined on the following 
Justice Department Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A 
copy of the Consent Decree may also 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 $6.75 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Robert E. Maher, Jr.,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 05-11008 Filed 6-2-05; 8:45 am]
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