Notice2025-13441

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

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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&#160;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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