[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 132 (Monday, July 12, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39706-39707]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-16883]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is given that on July 1, 2010, a proposed Consent Decree in 
United States v. City of Hastings, Civil Action No. 8:10-CV-00247, was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the District of 
Nebraska.
    This Consent Decree resolves claims of the United States against 
the City of Hastings under Sections 106 and 107(a) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as 
amended, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607(a), for the recovery of response costs 
incurred and to be incurred by the United States Environmental 
Protection Agency (``EPA'') at the Second Street Subsite (``Subsite''), 
one of seven subsites of the Hastings Ground Water Contamination 
Superfund Site located in Hastings, Nebraska. The Consent Decree 
requires the City of Hastings to perform response work at the Subsite 
and pay $1,000,000 (and accrued interest) in reimbursement of EPA's 
response costs.
    The Department of Justice will receive written comments on the 
proposed Consent Decree for a period of thirty (30) days from the date 
of publication of this notice. 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. City of Hastings, Civil Action No. 
8:10-CV-00247 (D. Neb.), D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-09810.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, District of Nebraska, 1620 Dodge Street, Suite 1400, 
Omaha, Nebraska, and at the United States Environmental Protection 
Agency, Region VII, 901 North 5th Street, Kansas

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City, Kansas. 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. When requesting a copy, please enclose a check 
to cover the twenty-five cents per page reproduction costs payable to 
the ``U.S. Treasury'' in the amount of $18.25 (for Decree without 
appendices) or $107.50 (for Decree with appendices), 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. 2010-16883 Filed 7-9-10; 8:45 am]
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