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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 19 (Thursday, January 30, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8538-8539]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01943]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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

    On January 17, 2025, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Partial Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the 
District of Columbia in the lawsuit entitled Government of Guam v. 
United States, Civil Action No. 1:17-cv-2487.
    The Government of Guam (``Guam'') filed a lawsuit under Section 107 
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607, against the United States 
for recovery of past and future costs that Guam has incurred or will 
incur for response actions taken at or in connection with the Ordot 
Dump Superfund Site (``Site''), which was the only civilian municipal 
waste disposal area for the island of Guam from the early 1950s until 
September 2011. The United States filed a counterclaim under CERCLA 
Section 107 seeking to recover past costs incurred by the United States 
in responding to the release of hazardous substances at the Site and a 
declaratory judgment for entitlement to future costs. The proposed 
Partial Consent Decree requires Guam to pay $3.9 million plus 
$17,745.53 of accrued interest to resolve the United States' claims for 
response costs incurred on or before August 10, 2022. The United 
States' claims for response costs incurred or to be incurred after 
August 10, 2022 remain to be resolved in the lawsuit. Guam's CERCLA 
claims against the United States were previously resolved in Consent 
Decrees entered by the Court on September 25, 2023, and October 2, 
2024.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the proposed Partial Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to 
the Assistant Attorney General,

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Environment and Natural Resources Division, and should refer to 
Government of Guam v. United States, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-06658/1. 
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............................  [email protected].
By mail.............................  Assistant Attorney General, U.S.
                                       DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
                                       Washington, DC 20044-7611
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    Any comments submitted in writing may be filed by the United States 
in whole or in part on the public court docket without notice to the 
commenter.
    During the public comment period, the proposed Partial Consent 
Decree may be examined and downloaded at this website: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. If you require assistance 
accessing the proposed Partial Consent Decree you may request 
assistance by email or by mail to the addresses provided above for 
submitting comments.

Scott Bauer,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2025-01943 Filed 1-29-25; 8:45 am]
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