[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 23, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 84001]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-28410]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On December 17, 2020, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Southern 
District of Alabama in the lawsuit entitled United States v. Olin 
Corporation and BASF Corporation, Civil Action No. 1:20-cv-00602. In 
the filed Complaint, the United States, on behalf of the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), alleges that the Defendants 
are liable under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607(a), for the 
response costs EPA incurred to respond to the releases and/or 
threatened releases of hazardous substances into the environment from a 
parcel of property where Operable Unit 2 of the Olin McIntosh Superfund 
Site is located at 1638 Industrial Road in McIntosh, Washington County, 
Alabama that the Defendant Olin Corporation owned and operated. The 
Consent Decree requires the Defendants to perform Remedial Design and 
Remedial Action (``RD/RA'') for Operable Unit 2, pay past response 
costs for Operable Unit 2 and pay future costs related to the work. 
Estimates for the Remedial Action are between $13,400,000 and 
$21,500,000.
    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. Olin Corporation and BASF Corporation, 
D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-11158. 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 e-mail..............................  <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4737322524282a2a2229336a222234692229352307323423282d69202831"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6e1e1b0c0d0103030b001a430b0b1d400b001c0a2e1b1d0a010440090118">[email protected]</span></a>.
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.justice.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 $9.50 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost), payable to the United States Treasury.

Lori Jonas,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
& Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2020-28410 Filed 12-22-20; 8:45 am]
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