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environmental consequences was 

assessed and appropriate mitigating 

measures were identified. 

The Record of Decision includes a 

description of the project’s background, 

a statement of the decision made, 

synopses of other alternatives 

considered, the basis for the decision, 

findings on impairment of park 

resources and values, a description of 

the environmentally preferred 

alternative, a listing of measures to 

minimize environmental harm, and an 

overview of public involvement in the 

decision-making process. 

Dated: June 2, 2009. 

Margaret O’Dell, 

Regional Director, National Capital Region. 

[FR Doc. E9–16329 Filed 7–9–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree 

Under the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act 

Notice is hereby given that on June 

29, 2009, a proposed Consent Decree in 

United States of America v. AlcatelLucent USA Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 

09–CV–2902, was lodged with the 

United States District Court for the 

Eastern District of Pennsylvania. 

In this action the United States sought 

to recover from the defendants response 

costs incurred by the United States 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(‘‘EPA’’) in responding to releases or 

threatened releases of hazardous 

substances at or from the Heleva 

Landfill Site, located in North Whitehall 

Township, Lehigh County, 

Pennsylvania (the ‘‘Site’’). The Consent 

Decree memorializes the settlement that 

requires the settling parties, AlcatelLucent USA Inc. as successor in interest 

to AT&T Inc., Olin Corporation, and 

Pfizer Inc., to reimburse EPA’s past and 

future response costs related to the Site. 

The Consent Decree requires the 

settling parties to pay to the EPA 

Hazardous Substance Superfund the 

principal sum of $603,047.49 plus 

interest, in two installments. The first 

payment of $433,553.75 is due within 

forty-five (45) days of entry of the 

Consent Decree. The second payment of 

$169,493.74, plus interest, is due within 

two hundred and seventy (270) days of 

entry of the Consent Decree. The 

Consent Decree also requires that the 

settling parties pay future response costs 

incurred by EPA. 

The Department of Justice will receive 

for a period of thirty (30) days from the 

date of this publication comments 

relating to the Decree. Comments should 

be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 

General, Environmental and Natural 

Resources Division, and either e-mailed 

to pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov or 

mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20044–7611, and should refer to United 

States of America v. Alcatel-Lucent USA 

Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 09–CV– 

2902 (E.D. Pa.), D.J. Ref. 90–11–2–684/ 

1. 

The Decree may be examined at the 

Office of the United States Attorney, 

Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 615 

Chestnut Street, Suite 1250, 

Philadelphia, PA 19106, and at U.S. 

EPA Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 

Philadelphia, PA 19103. During the 

public comment period, the 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 

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 $9.25 (25 cents per 

page reproduction cost) payable to the 

U.S. Treasury or, if by e-mail or fax, 

forward a check in that amount to the 

Consent Decree Library at the stated 

address. 

Maureen Katz, 

Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement 

Section, Environment and Natural Resources 

Division. 

[FR Doc. E9–16308 Filed 7–9–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Public Comment Period for 

Proposed Consent Decree and 

Settlement Agreement Under the Clean 

Air Act, RCRA and CERCLA 

Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby 

given that, for a period of 30 days, the 

United States will receive public 

comments on a proposed Consent 

Decree and Settlement Agreement 

(‘‘Decree’’) in In Re: G–I Holdings, Inc., 

et al., (Bankr. Case Nos. 01–30135 (RG) 

and 01–38790 (RG) and United States v. 

G–I Holdings, Inc. (Adversary 

Proceeding No. 08–2531 (RG), which 

was lodged with the U.S. Bankruptcy 

Court for the District of New Jersey on 

July 2, 2009. The United States, on 

behalf of U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency (‘‘EPA’’), U.S. Department of the 

Interior (‘‘DOI’’), the U.S. National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (‘‘NOAA’’), the State of 

Vermont, and the debtor, G–I Holdings, 

Inc. (‘‘G–I’’) entered into the settlement 

under the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, Compensation 

and Liability Act (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. 

9601 et seq.; the Resource Conservation 

and Recovery Act (‘‘RCRA’’), 42 U.S.C. 

6901 et seq.; the Clean Air Act, 42 

U.S.C. 7401 et seq.; the Federal Water 

Pollution Control Act (‘‘FWPCA’’), 33 

U.S.C. 1251 et seq.; and Title 10, 

Vermont Annotated Statutes §§ 1259, 

1274, 6610a, 6615 and 6616. The 

proposed Decree would resolve the 

proofs of claim of the United States on 

behalf of EPA, DOI and NOAA, and the 

State of Vermont, and would also 

resolve the Adversary Proceeding 

United States v. G. Holdings, Inc., Adv. 

Pro. No. 08–2531 (RG), which seeks 

injunctive relief against G–I under 

section 303 of the Clean Air Act, 42 

U.S.C. 7603, and section 7003 of RCRA, 

42. U.S.C. 6973. 

The Decree addresses 13 hazardous 

waste sites across the country, including 

the Vermont Asbestos Mine Group Site 

(‘‘the VAG Site’’), in Eden and Lowell, 

Vermont. Under the terms of the 

settlement, G–I will establish and fund 

a Custodial Trust which will take 

immediate steps to secure the VAG Site 

by constructing fencing, gates and road 

barriers, and posting security guards. In 

addition, the Custodial Trust will 

conduct air monitoring and dust 

suppression, if determined to be 

necessary, and will assist and/or 

contribute to the off-site investigative 

and abatement work undertaken by EPA 

and the State of Vermont, over eight 

years, at a cost of up to $7.75 million. 

The proposed settlement also requires 

G–I to reimburse EPA for remediation of 

the VAG Site and off-site locations 

where waste from the mine may be 

located up to $300 million paid at 8.6 

cents on the dollar. The United States’ 

and Vermont’s claims for natural 

resource damages are resolved through 

a series of payments over nine years 

totaling $850,000. The settlement also 

resolves EPA’s claims for past and 

future response costs and NOAA’s claim 

for natural resource damages at nine 

Generator Sites for $104,615. 

Finally, under the terms of the 

settlement the United States has up to 

10 years to file suit to collect on 

monetary claims related to three sites in 

New Jersey and New York, the GAF 

Chemicals Site, the LCP Chemicals Inc. 

Superfund Site, and the Diamond Alkali 

Superfund Site, referred to as the 


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