[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 157 (Wednesday, August 15, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 45828]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-3999]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Settlement Pursuant to Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that on August 2, 2007, a proposed 
settlement in United States v. Ludlow's Sand and Gravel Co., Inc. and 
G. Kevin Ludlow, Civil No. 07-cv-00793-GLS-DEP, was lodged with the 
United States District Court for the Northern District of New York.
    In this action, the United States asserts claims against Ludlow's 
Sand and Gravel Co., Inc. and G. Kevin Ludlow under sections 106 and 
107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and 
Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. Sections 9606 and 9607, for recovery 
of response costs and injunctive relief related to the Ludlow's Sand 
and Gravel Superfund Site (the ``Site'') in Paris, New York. The 
proposed Consent Decree is based on the Defendants' limited ability-to-
pay and provides for Ludlow's Sand and Gravel Co., Inc. to perform 
services in support of the cleanup activities by the United States at 
the Site. The Decree provides the Defendants with a covenant not to sue 
under Sections 106 and 107 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 
settlement. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and either e-
mailed to [email protected] or mailed to P.O. Box 7611, 
U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer 
to United States v. Ludlow's Sand and Gravel Co., Inc. and G. Kevin 
Ludlow, et al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-08084/1.
    The settlement may be examined at the Office of the United States 
Attorney, Northern District of New York, 100 S. Clinton Street, 
Syracuse, NY 13261-7198 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 settlement may also be examined on the following 
Department of Justice Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the settlement 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 $17.50 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury or, 
if by e-mail or fax, forward a check in that amount to the Consent 
Decree Library at the stated address.

Ronald G. Gluck,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 07-3999 Filed 8-14-07; 8:45 am]
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