[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 223 (Monday, November 20, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 67162]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-9276]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
Notice is hereby given that on November 3, 2006, a proposed Consent
Decree in United States v. Honeywell International, Inc., et al., Civil
Action No. 06-00387-MCE-JFM, was lodged with the United States District
Court for the Eastern District of California.
In this action the United States sought reimbursement of response
costs, pursuant to Section 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C.
9607(a), from Honeywell International, Inc. (Honeywell) and others,
incurred or to be incurred by EPA, for response actions taken at or in
connection with the release or threatened release of hazardous
substances at the Central Eureka Mine Superfund Site in Amador County,
California. The Consent Decree will settle claims against defendant
Honeywell. Pursuant to the Consent Decree, Honeywell will pay the sum
of $2,000,000 for past response costs incurred at the Site, in addition
to the approximately $3 million Honeywell had previously spent
responding to releases 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. Honeywell International, Inc., et al., D.J. Ref. 90-
11-3-1692/1.
The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United
States Attorney, Eastern District of California, 501 I Street,
Sacramento, California 95814, and at U.S. EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne
Street, San Francisco, California 94105. During the public comment
period, the Consent Decree, may also be examined on the following
Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.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 $5.25
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury or,
if by email or fax, forward a check in that amount to the Consent
Decree Library at the stated address.
Henry Friedman,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 06-9276 Filed 11-17-06; 8:45 am]
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