[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 2, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5344-5345]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-2069]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA'')

    Notice is hereby given that on January 21, 2010, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. United Fibers, LLC, et al. (N.D.N.Y.) No. 
1:09-cv-00602 (GLS/RFT) was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the Northern District of New York.
    In this action, the United States sought the recovery of response 
costs pursuant to Section 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Recovery Act, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 
U.S.C. 9607(a), from Defendants for response costs incurred at the 
Stevens & Thompson Paper Company Superfund Site (the ``Site''), located 
in Washington County, New York. Pursuant to the proposed Consent 
Decree, the Settling Defendants will pay to the United States

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$498,519.18 in reimbursement of past response costs incurred by the 
United States with respect to the Site. The proposed Consent Decree 
provides the Settling Defendants with a covenant not to sue for past 
response costs pursuant to Section 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607.
    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. United Fibers, LLC, et al. (N.D.N.Y.) No. 1:09-cv-
00602 (GLS/RFT); D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-09724.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Northern District of New York, Post Office Box 7198, 
100 South Clinton Street, Syracuse, New York 13261-7198 (contact AUSA 
William Pease), and at U.S. EPA Region II, 290 Broadway, New York, New 
York 10007-1866 (contact Jocelyn Scott). 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 $4.00 
(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. 2010-2069 Filed 3-1-10; 8:45 am]
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