```

[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 11 (Friday, January 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6012-6013]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01087]

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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

    On January 10, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a 
Complaint and lodged a proposed Consent Decree with the United States 
District Court for the Southern District of Illinois in the lawsuit 
entitled United States of America v. General Dynamics-Ordnance and 
Tactical Systems et al., Civil Acton No. 3:25-cv-00046.
    The proposed Consent Decree resolves claims brought by the United 
States under section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607, for releases and 
threatened releases of hazardous substances at the Additional and 
Uncharacterized Sites Operable Unit (``AUS OU''), which is part of the 
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge Superfund Site located near 
Marion, Illinois. The proposed settlement would resolve claims against 
General Dynamics-Ordnance and Tactical Systems, Inc. (``GD-OTS''), 
Crane Company, The Ensign-Bickford Company, Illinois Tool Works Inc., 
Olin Corporation, United States Surgical Corporation, Mallinckrodt US 
LLC, The Sherwin Williams Company, and Mason Hanger Corporation 
(collectively, ``Defendants'') for response costs incurred by the 
Department of the Interior (``DOI'') and the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency (``EPA''). The proposed settlement would also resolve 
potential counterclaims by GD-OTS against DOI, the Department of the 
Army, the Bureau of Prisons, and the General Services Administration 
(collectively ``Settling Federal Agencies''), for the Settling Federal 
Agencies' share of response costs GD-OTS has incurred and will

[[Page 6013]]

incur to implement an Administrative Order on Consent to perform a 
Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study for the AUS OU, and for 
the Settling Federal Agencies' share of DOI's and EPA's past response 
costs. Under the proposed settlement, the Settling Federal Agencies 
will reimburse GD-OTS $24.3 million for past response costs and agree 
to reimburse 48% of GD-OTS' future response costs on a ``pay-as-you-
go'' basis. The Defendants will reimburse DOI for $3.1 million and EPA 
for $54,000 in past response costs. The Settling Federal Agencies will 
also reimburse DOI for $2.9 million and EPA for $50,000.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
should refer to United States of America v. General Dynamics-Ordnance 
and Tactical Systems et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-643/17. All comments 
must be submitted no later than thirty (30) days after the publication 
date of this notice. Comments may be submitted by email or mail:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
            To submit comments                      Send them to
------------------------------------------------------------------------
By e-mail.................................  [email protected]
By mail...................................  Assistant Attorney General
                                            U.S. DOJ-ENRD
                                            P.O. Box 7611
                                            Washington, D.C. 20044-7611
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Any comments submitted in writing may be filed in whole or in part 
on the public court docket without notice to the commenter. During the 
public comment period, the proposed Consent Decree may be examined and 
downloaded at this Justice Department website: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. If you require assistance accessing the proposed 
Consent Decree, you may request assistance by email or by mail to the 
addresses provided above for submitting comments.

Laura Thoms,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2025-01087 Filed 1-16-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4410-CW-P
```