[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 131 (Friday, July 10, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 33278]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-16308]


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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 June 29, 2009, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States of America v. Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., et al., 
Civil Action No. 09-CV-2902, was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
    In this action the United States sought to recover from the 
defendants response costs incurred by the United States Environmental 
Protection Agency (``EPA'') in responding to releases or threatened 
releases of hazardous substances at or from the Heleva Landfill Site, 
located in North Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania (the 
``Site''). The Consent Decree memorializes the settlement that requires 
the settling parties, Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. as successor in interest 
to AT&T Inc., Olin Corporation, and Pfizer Inc., to reimburse EPA's 
past and future response costs related to the Site.
    The Consent Decree requires the settling parties to pay to the EPA 
Hazardous Substance Superfund the principal sum of $603,047.49 plus 
interest, in two installments. The first payment of $433,553.75 is due 
within forty-five (45) days of entry of the Consent Decree. The second 
payment of $169,493.74, plus interest, is due within two hundred and 
seventy (270) days of entry of the Consent Decree. The Consent Decree 
also requires that the settling parties pay future response costs 
incurred by EPA.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Decree. 
Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environmental 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 of America v. Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., et al., Civil 
Action No. 09-CV-2902 (E.D. Pa.), D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-684/1.
    The Decree may be examined at the Office of the United States 
Attorney, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 615 Chestnut Street, Suite 
1250, Philadelphia, PA 19106, and at U.S. EPA Region III, 1650 Arch 
Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103. During the public comment period, the 
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 
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 $9.25 (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.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. E9-16308 Filed 7-9-09; 8:45 am]
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