[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 205 (Tuesday, October 24, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 54518]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-26252]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decrees in United States v. Nalco
Chemical Company, et al., Under the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
Notice is hereby given that the Third through Sixth Partial Consent
Decrees in United State v. Nalco Chemical Company, et al., Case No. 91-
C-4482 (N.D. Ill.), entered into by the United States on behalf of U.S.
EPA and eleven settling parties were lodged on October 18, 1995 with
the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
The proposed Consent Decrees resolve certain claims of the United
States against the settling parties under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601
et seq. relating to the Byron Salvage Superfund Site in Ogle County,
Illinois. The Third and Fourth Partial Consent Decrees are de minimis
settlements with two Interstate Pollution Control customer third party
defendants and provide for the payment of a total of approximately
$88,000 to the Hazardous Substances Superfund. The Fifth and Sixth
Consent Decrees are past costs only settlements with a total of four
defendants and five IPC customer third party defendants and provide for
the payment of a total of approximately $2.7 million to the Hazardous
Substances Superfund.
The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the
proposed Consent Decrees for 30 days following the publication of this
Notice. 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.
Nalco Chemical Company, et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-687. The proposed
Consent Decrees may be examined at the Office of the United States
Attorney for he Northern District of Illinois, 219 S. Dearborn St.,
Chicago, Illinois 60604; the Regionl V Office of the United States
Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Street, Chicago,
Illinois 60604; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW.,
4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005 (202-624-0892). A copy of the proposed
Consent Decrees may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent
Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In
requesting a copy of the Third Through Sixth Partial Consent Decrees,
please enclose a check in the amount of $22.50 (25 cents per page for
reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Acting Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 95-26252 Filed 10-23-95; 8:45 am]
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