[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 225 (Friday, November 23, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 65769]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-5786]


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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 2, 2007, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. County of San Bernardino, California, Civil 
Action No. 5:07-cv-01454-SGL-op, was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Central District of California.
    The Consent Decree settles claims under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 
9207, in connection with the Newmark Groundwater Contamination 
Superfund Site in San Bernardino County, California. Under the Consent 
Decree the County will pay $11 million to settle the United States' 
claims for past and future response costs.
    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, 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. County of San Bernardino, California, D.J. Ref. 
90-11-06902/2. Commenters may request an opportunity for a 
public meeting in the affected area, in accordance with section 7003(d) 
of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6973(d).
    The Consent Decree may be examined at U.S. EPA Region 9, Office of 
Regional Counsel, 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, at: 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 $6.25 (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.

Henry Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 07-5786 Filed 11-21-07; 8:45 am]
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