[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 21 (Thursday, February 1, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4725-4726]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-425]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, and 42 U.S.C. 
9622(d), notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in 
United States v. Agere Systems, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. AMD-07-
155, was lodged with the United States Court for the District of 
Maryland on January 19, 2007.
    In a complaint filed with the consent decree, the United States 
seeks injunctive relief and reimbursement and a declaratory judgment 
for costs incurred and to be incurred in connection with the Spectron, 
Inc. Superfund Site (``Site''), located in Elkton, Maryland, from 98 
settling defendants pursuant to Sections 106 and 107 of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA'') 42 U.S.C. 9606, 9607. These 98 settling defendants agree 
to finance and perform the surface remedy selected for the Site and to 
pay $507,300 to natural resource trustees to resolve the federal and 
state natural resource damage claims relating to the Site. In addition, 
settling defendants agree to finance and perform a future, yet unknown, 
groundwater remedy, provided that the cost estimate of such OU2 
selected remedy does not exceed $10 million.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General for the Environment andNatural Resources Division, 
P.O. Box 7611, Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and 
should refer to United States v. Agere Systems, Inc., et al., DOJ Ref. 
<greek-i> 90-11-2-482/3.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United

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States Attorney, District of Maryland, 36 S. Charles Street, Fourth 
Floor, Baltimore, MD 21201, and at U.S. EPA Region III, 1650 Arch St., 
Philadelphia, PA 19103. A copy of 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 
(<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#770318191e1659111b1212030018181337020413181d59101801"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="681c07060109460e040d0d1c1f07070c281d1b0c0702460f071e">[email protected]</span></a>), fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation 
number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy of the consent decree 
without signature pages and appendices, please enclose a check in the 
amount of $28.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the 
U.S. Treasury. To request a complete copy of the consent decree with 
appendices, please enclose a check in the amount of $62.50 (25 cents 
per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 07-425 Filed 1-31-07; 8:45 am]
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