[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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