Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decrees Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 60180 [2015-25273]

Download as PDF 60180 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 192 / Monday, October 5, 2015 / Notices mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. Overview of This Information Collection (1) Type of Information Collection: New collection. (2) Title of the Form/Collection: SemiAnnual Progress Report for Justice for Families Program. (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: Form Number: 1122–XXXX. U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women. (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as well as a brief abstract: The affected public includes the current grantees under the Justice for Families Program. 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Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044–7611. By mail ......... [FR Doc. 2015–25144 Filed 10–2–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–FX–P DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decrees Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act Notice is hereby given that on September 29, 2015, a proposed consent decree in United States v. Wyeth Holdings LLC, Civil Action No. 3:15–cv– 07153–AET, was lodged with the United States Court for the District of New Jersey. In this action brought pursuant to Sections 106, 107, and 113(g)(2) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. 9606, 9607 and 9613(g)(2) (‘‘CERCLA’’), the United States seeks injunctive relief requiring Wyeth Holdings LLC to undertake certain environmental response actions at the American Cyanamid Superfund Site located in Bridgewater, New Jersey. The United States also seeks to recover costs incurred and to be incurred by the United States in response to releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances at or from the Site. The settlement requires Wyeth Holdings LLC to perform the remedies selected by the Environmental Protection Agency in the Records of Decision for Operable Unit 2, involving revegetation, and Operable Unit 4, involving the remediation of almost all site-wide soils, groundwater, and six waste disposal impoundments. The settlement also requires Settling Defendant to reimburse EPA $1,000,000 in past response costs and pay EPA’s future oversight costs related to the cleanup. The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on the consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and should refer to United States v. Wyeth Holdings LLC., D.J. Ref. No. 90–11–3–07250/1. All comments must be submitted no later than thirty (30) days after the publication date of this notice. Comments may be submitted either by email or by mail: PO 00000 Frm 00067 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 During the public comment period, the consent decree may be examined and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: https:// www.usdoj.gov/enrd/consentdecrees.html. We will provide paper copies of the consent decree upon written request and payment of reproduction costs. Please mail your request and payment to: Consent Decree Library, U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044–7611. Please enclose a check or money order for $73.00 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury. Robert E. Maher Jr., Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division. [FR Doc. 2015–25273 Filed 10–2–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–15–P DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act and Oil Pollution Act Notice is hereby given that on October 5, 2015, a proposed Consent Decree (‘‘Decree’’) will be lodged in U.S. v. BP Exploration and Production, et al, Civil No. 10–4536 (E.D. La.) (centralized in MDL 2179: In Re: Oil Spill by the Oil Rig ‘‘Deepwater Horizon’’ in the Gulf of Mexico, on April 20, 2010). In this civil enforcement action the United States sought, among other things, civil penalties under Section 311(b) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1321(b), and a declaration of liability for natural resource damages under the Oil Pollution Act, 33 U.S.C. 2702, against BP Exploration and Production Company, Inc. (‘‘BP’’). The claims arise against BP (and other defendants as well) from the discharge of oil into the Gulf of Mexico resulting from the blowout of the Macondo Well that began in April 2010. Under the proposed Decree, BP, among other things, will pay (1) a $5.5 billion civil penalty under the Clean Water Act; (2) $8.1 billion for natural resource damages under the Oil Pollution Act (including the $1 billion that BP had previously pledged under a prior agreement), plus up to $700 E:\FR\FM\05OCN1.SGM 05OCN1

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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 192 (Monday, October 5, 2015)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on September 29, 2015, a proposed 
consent decree in United States v. Wyeth Holdings LLC, Civil Action No. 
3:15-cv-07153-AET, was lodged with the United States Court for the 
District of New Jersey. In this action brought pursuant to Sections 
106, 107, and 113(g)(2) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. 9606, 9607 and 
9613(g)(2) (``CERCLA''), the United States seeks injunctive relief 
requiring Wyeth Holdings LLC to undertake certain environmental 
response actions at the American Cyanamid Superfund Site located in 
Bridgewater, New Jersey. The United States also seeks to recover costs 
incurred and to be incurred by the United States in response to 
releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances at or from the 
Site.
    The settlement requires Wyeth Holdings LLC to perform the remedies 
selected by the Environmental Protection Agency in the Records of 
Decision for Operable Unit 2, involving revegetation, and Operable Unit 
4, involving the remediation of almost all site-wide soils, 
groundwater, and six waste disposal impoundments. The settlement also 
requires Settling Defendant to reimburse EPA $1,000,000 in past 
response costs and pay EPA's future oversight costs related to the 
cleanup.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
should refer to United States v. Wyeth Holdings LLC., D.J. Ref. No. 90-
11-3-07250/1. All comments must be submitted no later than thirty (30) 
days after the publication date of this notice. Comments may be 
submitted either by email or by mail:

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         To submit comments:                     Send them to:
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By email............................  pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov.
By mail.............................  Assistant Attorney General, U.S.
                                       DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
                                       Washington, DC 20044-7611.
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    During the public comment period, the consent decree may be 
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: https://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/consent-decrees.html. We will provide paper copies 
of the consent decree upon written request and payment of reproduction 
costs. Please mail your request and payment to: Consent Decree Library, 
U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611.
    Please enclose a check or money order for $73.00 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Robert E. Maher Jr.,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-25273 Filed 10-2-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4410-15-P
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