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

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[Federal Register: April 12, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 70)]
[Notices]
[Page 18492-18493]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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

    In accordance with Department of Justice policy, notice is hereby
given that on March 29, 2007, a proposed consent decree (``Consent
Decree'') in United States v. Masterwear Corporation, et al., Civil
Action No. 05-cv-00373, was lodged with the United States District
Court for the Southern District of Indiana.
    The Consent Decree would resolve claims for unreimbursed past
response costs and projected future response costs incurred by the
United States related to the ongoing removal action at the Masterwear
Superfund Site (``Site'') in Martinsville, Indiana. Under the Consent
Decree, the five defendants (James A. Reed, Linda Lou Mull Reed,
Masterwear Corporation, William J. Cure, and Elizabeth J. Cure) named
in the United States' complaint would pay a total of $380,000 in past
costs and estimated future costs, based on agreements with their
insurance companies (the insurance companies are not signatories to the
proposed Consent Decree but have private agreements with the defendants
to make the payments). The settlement would provide EPA with complete
reimbursement for past and projected future costs relating to the
removal action. The defendants will remain responsible under a
Unilateral Administrative Order dated April 22, 2004 for completing the
removal work at the Site, which they also intend to finance with funds
from their insurance companies.
    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,
Environmental and Natural Resources Division, and either e-mailed to 
pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov or mailed to P.O. Box No. 7611,
Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to United States v.
Masterwear Corporation et al., Civil Action No. 05-cv-00373, D.J. Ref.
90-11-3-08498.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United
States Attorney, 10 West Market Street, Suite 2100, Indianapolis,
Indiana 46204, and at U.S. EPA Region 5, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago,
IL 60604-4590. During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may
also be examined on the following Department of Justice Web

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site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the
Consent Decree may also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree
Library, P.O. Box 761, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
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 $8.75 (35 pages at 25
cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

William D. Brighton,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 07-1814 Filed 4-11-07; 8:45am]
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