[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 197 (Friday, October 12, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 58127]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-5032]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on September 6, 2007, a Consent Decree 
in United States of America v. M.A. Hanna Plastics Group, Inc., et al., 
Civil Action No. 06-409-GMS, was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the District of Delaware.
    The United States filed a complaint in June, 2006, against Sidney 
and Carol Maffett, M.A. Hanna Plastics Group, Inc., and the Wilmington 
Economic Development Corporation, to recover unreimbursed response 
costs that EPA incurred at the Site. The proposed consent decree with 
Sidney and Carol Maffett (``the Maffetts'') resolves the claims of the 
United States on behalf of EPA against the Maffets for past response 
costs under section 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), in 
connection with the 12th Dump Site (``Site'') in Wilmington, Delaware. 
Pursuant to the consent decree, the Maffetts will reimburse $100,000 of 
EPA's past response costs, and will receive a covenant not to sue from 
EPA for past response costs as set forth in the consent decree.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to this 
proposed 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, Attention: 
Nancy Flickinger (EES), and may be submitted by electronic mail to the 
following address: [email protected]. Comments should refer 
to United States of America v. M.A. Hanna Plastics Group, et al., Civil 
Action No. 06-409-GMS, D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-08301.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, 1007 Orange 
Street, Suite 700, Wilmington, Delaware, 19899, and at U.S. EPA Region 
III's Office, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19103. 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 proposed 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 $7.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost for a 
full copy) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Robert D. Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 07-5032 Filed 10-11-07; 8:45 am]
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