Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 48726-48727 [2020-17580]

Download as PDF 48726 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 156 / Wednesday, August 12, 2020 / Notices The Commission has received a complaint and a submission pursuant to § 210.8(b) of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure filed on behalf of BTL Industries, Inc. on August 5, 2020. The complaint alleges violations of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1337) in the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and the sale within the United States after importation of certain non-invasive aesthetic body-contouring devices, components thereof, and methods of using same. The complaint names as respondents: Allergan Limited of Ireland; Allergan USA, Inc. of Madison, NJ; Allergan, Inc. of Madison, NJ; Zeltiq Aesthetics, Inc. of Pleasanton, CA; Zeltiq Ireland Unlimited Company of Ireland; and Zimmer MedizinSysteme GmbH of Germany. The complainant requests that the Commission issue a limited exclusion order, cease and desist orders and impose a bond upon respondents’ alleged infringing articles during the 60-day Presidential review period pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 1337(j). Proposed respondents, other interested parties, and members of the public are invited to file comments on any public interest issues raised by the complaint or § 210.8(b) filing. Comments should address whether issuance of the relief specifically requested by the complainant in this investigation would affect the public health and welfare in the United States, competitive conditions in the United States economy, the production of like or directly competitive articles in the United States, or United States consumers. In particular, the Commission is interested in comments that: (i) Explain how the articles potentially subject to the requested remedial orders are used in the United States; (ii) identify any public health, safety, or welfare concerns in the United States relating to the requested remedial orders; (iii) identify like or directly competitive articles that complainant, its licensees, or third parties make in the United States which could replace the subject articles if they were to be excluded; (iv) indicate whether complainant, complainant’s licensees, and/or third party suppliers have the capacity to replace the volume of articles potentially subject to the requested exclusion order and/or a cease and desist order within a commercially reasonable time; and khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:37 Aug 11, 2020 Jkt 250001 (v) explain how the requested remedial orders would impact United States consumers. Written submissions on the public interest must be filed no later than by close of business, eight calendar days after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register. There will be further opportunities for comment on the public interest after the issuance of any final initial determination in this investigation. Any written submissions on other issues must also be filed by no later than the close of business, eight calendar days after publication of this notice in the Federal Register. Complainant may file replies to any written submissions no later than three calendar days after the date on which any initial submissions were due. Any submissions and replies filed in response to this Notice are limited to five (5) pages in length, inclusive of attachments. Persons filing written submissions must file the original document electronically on or before the deadlines stated above. Submissions should refer to the docket number (‘‘Docket No. 3484’’) in a prominent place on the cover page and/or the first page. (See Handbook for Electronic Filing Procedures, Electronic Filing Procedures 1). Please note the Secretary’s Office will accept only electronic filings during this time. Filings must be made through the Commission’s Electronic Document Information System (EDIS, https:// edis.usitc.gov.) No in-person paperbased filings or paper copies of any electronic filings will be accepted until further notice. Persons with questions regarding filing should contact the Secretary at EDIS3Help@usitc.gov. Any person desiring to submit a document to the Commission in confidence must request confidential treatment. All such requests should be directed to the Secretary to the Commission and must include a full statement of the reasons why the Commission should grant such treatment. See 19 CFR 201.6. Documents for which confidential treatment by the Commission is properly sought will be treated accordingly. All information, including confidential business information and documents for which confidential treatment is properly sought, submitted to the Commission for purposes of this Investigation may be disclosed to and used: (i) By the Commission, its employees and Offices, and contract personnel (a) for 1 Handbook for Electronic Filing Procedures: https://www.usitc.gov/documents/handbook_on_ filing_procedures.pdf. PO 00000 Frm 00062 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 developing or maintaining the records of this or a related proceeding, or (b) in internal investigations, audits, reviews, and evaluations relating to the programs, personnel, and operations of the Commission including under 5 U.S.C. Appendix 3; or (ii) by U.S. government employees and contract personnel,2 solely for cybersecurity purposes. All nonconfidential written submissions will be available for public inspection at the Office of the Secretary and on EDIS.3 This action is taken under the authority of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1337), and of §§ 201.10 and 210.8(c) of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 201.10, 210.8(c)). By order of the Commission. Issued: August 6, 2020. Lisa Barton, Secretary to the Commission. [FR Doc. 2020–17618 Filed 8–11–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7020–02–P DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act On August 6, 2020, the Department of Justice and the State of California on behalf of the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (‘‘DTSC’’) lodged a proposed Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Central District of California pertaining to environmental contamination at the Dual Site Groundwater Operable Unit (‘‘Dual Site OU’’) of the Montrose Chemical Corp. and Del Amo Superfund Sites, in Los Angeles County, California. This proposed Consent Decree was lodged in the case United States of America and State of California vs. Montrose Chemical Corp. of California et al., Civil Action No. 2:90–cv–03122 DOC (C.D. Cal.); it resolves certain of the claims in that case. The proposed Consent Decree, titled in full ‘‘Partial Consent Decree (Dual Site Operable Unit—Chlorobenzene Plume Remedy Operation and Maintenance)’’, resolves certain claims or potential claims under Sections 106 and 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9606, 9607, as well as certain 2 All contract personnel will sign appropriate nondisclosure agreements. 3 Electronic Document Information System (EDIS): https://edis.usitc.gov. E:\FR\FM\12AUN1.SGM 12AUN1 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 156 / Wednesday, August 12, 2020 / Notices potential state law claims, in connection with environmental contamination at the Dual Site OU. The settling defendants are TFCF America, Inc.; Bayer CropScience Inc.; Montrose Chemical Corporation of California; Stauffer Management Company LLC; and JCI Jones Chemicals Inc. The Consent Decree requires the settling defendants to perform long-term operation and maintenance of the Chlorobenzene Plume Remedy at the Dual Site OU, and to make a payment of $4,000,000.00 toward the United States’ unreimbursed Dual Site OU past costs and a payment of $177,265.36 towards DTSC’s Dual Site OU past costs. (These same settling defendants, other than JCI Jones Chemicals Inc., have already committed in a previously approved partial consent decree to perform construction of the Chlorobenzene Plume Remedy.) The proposed Consent Decree also requires the settling defendants to pay the United States’ and DTSC’s future response costs for overseeing the work the settling defendants will be performing at the Dual Site OU. 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 of America and State of California vs. Montrose Chemical Corp. of California et al., D.J. Ref. Nos. 90–11– 3–511 and 90–11–2–933/3. 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: To submit comments: Send them to: By email ....... pubcomment-ees.enrd@ usdoj.gov. Assistant Attorney General, U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044–7611. khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES By mail ......... During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may be examined and downloaded at this Justice Department website: https:// www.usdoj.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We will provide a paper copy 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 $96.00 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) for the Consent VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:37 Aug 11, 2020 Jkt 250001 Decree, payable to the United States Treasury. For a paper copy without the appendices and signature pages, the cost is $22.25. Henry S. Friedman, Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division. 48727 electronically at https://www.justice.gov/ enrd/consent-decrees. Cherie Rogers, Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division. [FR Doc. 2020–17591 Filed 8–11–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–15–P [FR Doc. 2020–17580 Filed 8–11–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–15–P NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Notice of Lodging Proposed Consent Decree In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Joseph J. Perillo, et al., Case No. 1:19–cv–07763, was lodged with the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Eastern Division) on August 5, 2020. This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by the United States against Defendants Joseph J. Perillo, Perillo Motor Cars, Inc., and Gold Coast Motor Cars, Inc. d/b/a Perillo Collision Center, pursuant to Sections 10 and 14 of the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1899, 33 U.S.C. 403, 406, 408 and 413, and Sections 301(a) and 309(b) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311(a) and 1319(b), to obtain injunctive relief from and impose civil penalties against the Defendants for violating the Clean Water Act by discharging pollutants without a permit into waters of the United States. The proposed Consent Decree resolves these allegations by requiring the Defendants to perform restoration and mitigation, and to pay a civil penalty. The Department of Justice will accept written comments relating to this proposed Consent Decree for thirty (30) days from the date of publication of this Notice. Please address comments to Kurt N. Lindland, Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois, 219 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60604 and refer to United States v. Joseph J. Perillo, et al., DJ # 90–5–1–1–21676. The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk’s Office, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Everett McKinley Dirksen United States Courthouse, 219 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60604. In addition, the proposed Consent Decree may be examined PO 00000 Frm 00063 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Information Collection; Improving Customer Experience (OMB Circular A–11, Section 280 Implementation) National Science Foundation. Notice; request for comment. AGENCY: ACTION: The National Science Foundation (NSF) has submitted the following information collection requirement to OMB for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This is the second notice for public comment; the first was published in the Federal Register, and no comments were received. NSF is forwarding the proposed submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance simultaneously with the publication of this second notice. DATES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of the date of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/ public/do/PRAmain. Find this particular information collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or by using the search function. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314, or send email to splimpto@ nsf.gov. Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877– 8339, which is accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year (including federal holidays). Copies of the submission may be obtained by calling 703–292–7556. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NSF may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information that such persons are not required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\12AUN1.SGM 12AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 156 (Wednesday, August 12, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48726-48727]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-17580]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On August 6, 2020, the Department of Justice and the State of 
California on behalf of the California Department of Toxic Substances 
Control (``DTSC'') lodged a proposed Consent Decree with the United 
States District Court for the Central District of California pertaining 
to environmental contamination at the Dual Site Groundwater Operable 
Unit (``Dual Site OU'') of the Montrose Chemical Corp. and Del Amo 
Superfund Sites, in Los Angeles County, California. This proposed 
Consent Decree was lodged in the case United States of America and 
State of California vs. Montrose Chemical Corp. of California et al., 
Civil Action No. 2:90-cv-03122 DOC (C.D. Cal.); it resolves certain of 
the claims in that case.
    The proposed Consent Decree, titled in full ``Partial Consent 
Decree (Dual Site Operable Unit--Chlorobenzene Plume Remedy Operation 
and Maintenance)'', resolves certain claims or potential claims under 
Sections 106 and 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9606, 9607, as well as 
certain

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potential state law claims, in connection with environmental 
contamination at the Dual Site OU. The settling defendants are TFCF 
America, Inc.; Bayer CropScience Inc.; Montrose Chemical Corporation of 
California; Stauffer Management Company LLC; and JCI Jones Chemicals 
Inc. The Consent Decree requires the settling defendants to perform 
long-term operation and maintenance of the Chlorobenzene Plume Remedy 
at the Dual Site OU, and to make a payment of $4,000,000.00 toward the 
United States' unreimbursed Dual Site OU past costs and a payment of 
$177,265.36 towards DTSC's Dual Site OU past costs. (These same 
settling defendants, other than JCI Jones Chemicals Inc., have already 
committed in a previously approved partial consent decree to perform 
construction of the Chlorobenzene Plume Remedy.) The proposed Consent 
Decree also requires the settling defendants to pay the United States' 
and DTSC's future response costs for overseeing the work the settling 
defendants will be performing at the Dual Site OU.
    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 of America and State of California vs. 
Montrose Chemical Corp. of California et al., D.J. Ref. Nos. 90-11-3-
511 and 90-11-2-933/3. 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............................  [email protected].
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 website: https://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We will provide a paper copy 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 $96.00 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) for the Consent Decree, payable to the United States 
Treasury. For a paper copy without the appendices and signature pages, 
the cost is $22.25.

Henry S. Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2020-17580 Filed 8-11-20; 8:45 am]
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