Notice2025-13441
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
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Published
July 17, 2025
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 135 (Thursday, July 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33405-33406]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-13441]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
On July 10, 2025, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
consent decree with the United States District Court for the Northern
District of New York in the lawsuit entitled U.S. v.
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Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, et al., Civil No. 5:25-cv-00904.
In that action, the United States sought, pursuant to the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601, et seq., recovery of response costs
regarding the Ley Creek Deferred Media Operable Unit (``Site'') of the
Onondaga Lake Superfund Site in Salina and Dewitt, Onondaga County, New
York. The proposed consent decree will require 15 settling defendants
to pay the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency $12.7 million for EPA's
past and future response costs at the Site.
The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on
the consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and
should refer to U.S. v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, et al., D.J. Ref.
No. 90-11-3-08348/7. 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#6a1a1f08090507070f041e470f0f19440f04180e2a1f190e0500440d051c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="24545146474b4949414a50094141570a414a5640645157404b4e0a434b52">[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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Any comments submitted in writing may be filed in whole or in part
on the public court docket without notice to the commenter.
During the public comment period, the consent decree may be
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department website: <a href="https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees">https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees</a>. If you require assistance
accessing the consent decree, you may request assistance by email or by
mail to the addresses provided above for submitting comments.
Eric Albert,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2025-13441 Filed 7-16-25; 8:45 am]
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