Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 197 / Thursday, October 13, 2005 / Notices 59771 

Assistant Attorney General, 

Environment and Natural Resources 

Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20044–7611, and should refer to In re 

FV Steel and Wire, No. 04–22421, D.J. 

Ref. 90–7–1–1/2. 

The Consent Decree may be examined 

at the Office of the United States 

Attorney, Eastern District of Wisconsin, 

517 East Wisconsin Ave., Room 530, 

Milwaukee, WI, 53202, (contact 

Assistant United States Attorney Susan 

Knepel) and at U.S. EPA Region II, 290 

Broadway, New York, New York 10007–

1866 (contact Assistant Regional 

Counsel Clay Monroe). During the 

public comment period, the Consent 

Decree, may also be examined on the 

following Department of Justice Web 

site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/ 

open.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 (tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), 

fax no. (202) 514–0097, phone 

confirmation number (202) 514–1547. In 

requesting a copy from the Consent 

Decree Library, please enclose a check 

in the amount of $8.25 (25 cents per 

page reproduction cost) payable to the 

U.S. Treasury. 

Ronald Gluck, 

Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement 

Section, Environment and Natural Resources 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 05–20539 Filed 10–12–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–15–M 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree 

Pursuant to Oil Pollution Act 

Notice is hereby given that on October 

6, 2005, a proposed consent decree in 

United States v. General Electric 

Company, Civil Action No. 05–cv–1270, 

was lodged with the United States 

District Court for the Northern District 

of New York. 

The proposed consent decree will 

settle the United States’ claims under 

the Comprehensive Response, 

Compensation and Liability Act, 42 

U.S.C. 9601, et seq., relating to the 

release of polychlorinated biphenyls 

into the Hudson River. Pursuant to the 

proposed consent decree, General 

Electric Company will, inter alia, dredge 

approximately 265,000 cubic yards of 

contaminated sediment from certain 

portions of the Upper Hudson River and 

pay approximately $43,000,000 toward 

past and future costs of the United 

States in responding to the 

contamination. In addition, General 

Electric Company may dredge an 

additional 2.39 million cubic yards of 

contaminated sediments under the 

Consent Decree and pay up to an 

additional $32.5 million to reimburse 

costs of the United States. 

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 of the 

Environment and Natural Resources 

Division, Department of Justice, 

Washington, DC 20530, and should refer 

to United States v. General Electric 

Company, Civil Action No. 05–cv–1270, 

D.J. Ref. 90–11–2–529. 

The proposed consent decree may be 

examined at the Office of the United 

States Attorney, Northern District of 

New York, 445 Broadway, Albany, New 

York 12207–2924. During the public 

comment period, the proposed consent 

decree may also be examined on the 

following Department of Justice Web 

site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/ 

open.html. A copy of the proposed 

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 (tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), 

fax no. (202) 514–0097, phone 

confirmation number (202) 514–1547. If 

requesting a copy of the proposed 

consent decree only, please so note and 

enclose a check in the amount of $19.75 

(25 cents per page reproduction cost for 

the 79 page proposed consent decree) 

payable to the U.S. Treasury. If you 

would also like a copy of the 

attachments to the consent decree, 

please so note and include an additional 

$607.75 (25 cents per page for the 2431 

pages of attachments). The consent 

decree, and attachments, will also be 

available on the DOJ Web site during the 

public comment period at http:// 

www.doj.gov/enrd/open/html. 

Ronald Gluck, 

Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement 

Section, Environment and Natural Resources 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 05–20533 Filed 10–12–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–15–M 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree 

Under the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act 

Notice is hereby given that on 

September 30, 2005, a proposed Consent 

Decree in United States v. Grand Truck 

Western Railroad Incorporated, et al., 

Civil Action No. 1:05–cv–00672, was 

lodged with the United States District 

Court for the Western District of 

Michigan. 

In this action the United States 

sought, under Sections 106 and 107 of 

the Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Recovery 

Act (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 

9607, to recover costs incurred by the 

United States in connection with the 

Verona Well Field Superfund Site (the 

‘‘Site’’) in Battle Creek, Michigan. Under 

the proposed settlement, the Settling 

Defendants, who have been conducting 

the remedy at the Site pursuant to two 

Unilateral Administrative Orders issued 

by the U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency (‘‘U.S. EPA’’), will continue to 

perform the selected remedy (estimated 

by U.S. EPA to cost an additional $8.2 

million), pay $40,000 of the U.S EPA’s 

past costs incurred at the Site, and pay 

future oversight costs incurred by the 

U.S. EPA at the Site from the date of 

lodging of the Consent Decree. In return, 

the Settling Defendants will receive 

contribution protection and a covenant 

not to sue from the United States for the 

work at the Site as well as for past and 

future response costs. 

The Department of Justice will receive 

for a period of thirty (30) days from the 

date of this publication comments 

relating to the Consent Decree. 

Comments should be addressed to the 

Assistant Attorney General, 

Environment and Natural Resources 

Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20044–7611, and should refer to United 

States v. Grand Trunk Western Railroad 

Incorporated, et al., D.J. Ref. 90–11–2–

739. 

The Consent Decree may be examined 

at the Office of the United States 

Attorney, 330 Ionia Ave., Suite 501, 

Grand Rapids, MI 49503, and at U.S. 

EPA Region V, 77 West Jackson Blvd., 

Chicago, IL 60604. During the public 

comment period, the Consent Decree 

may also be examined on the following 

Department of Justice Web site: http:// 

www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.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