[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 161 (Tuesday, August 24, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 47329]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-18190]


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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 18, 2021, the Department of Justice filed a Complaint and 
lodged a proposed Consent Decree with the District Court of the 
Southern District of New York in a lawsuit entitled United States v. 
E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company, et al., Civil Action No. 21-6970.
    In this action the United States seeks, as provided under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 
recovery of response costs from four parties regarding the Port 
Refinery Superfund Site (``Site'') in the Village of Rye Brook, New 
York. The proposed Consent Decree resolves the United States' claims 
and requires E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company, D & D Salvage 
Corporation, OXY USA Inc., and W.A. Baum Company, Inc., to pay, in 
aggregate, $1,412,255, in reimbursement of the United States' past 
response costs regarding the Site.
    The publication of this notice opens the public comment on the 
proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
should refer to United States v. E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company, et 
al., Civil Action No. 21-6970, D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-1142/7. All comments 
must be submitted no later than 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............................  <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#54242136373b3939313a20793131277a313a2630142127303b3e7a333b22"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="44343126272b2929212a30692121376a212a3620043137202b2e6a232b32">[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: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. We will provide a paper copy 
of the Consent Decree upon written request and payment of reproduction 
costs. Please email 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 $5.50 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Henry S. Friedman,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-18190 Filed 8-23-21; 8:45 am]
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