[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 223 (Thursday, November 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 64280]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30969]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Amended Consent Decree Pursuant to the
Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act
Notice is hereby given that on October 30, 1998, the United States
lodged a proposed amended consent decree, with the United States
District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, in United States,
et al. v. the City of Rockford, Illinois, Civil No. 98 C 50026, under
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq. The Amended
Consent Decree resolves certain claims of the United States and the
State of Illinois against the City of Rockford, Illinois, under
Sections 106(a) and 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606(a) and 9607(a) at
the Southeast Rockford Groundwater Contamination (``Site'') located in
Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois. Under the proposed Amended
Consent Decree, the City of Rockford reaffirms the term and provisions
of the original Consent Decree entered by the Court on or about April
9, 1998 (to perform the remedial action selected by U.S. EPA in its
September 30, 1995, Record of Decision), and the Plaintiffs will be
paid approximately $14.7 million. The Amended Consent Decree resolves
claims of Plaintiffs against the City of Rockford, as set forth in the
Amended Consent Decree, and resolves potential claims the Plaintiffs
may have against the Covenant Beneficiaries, as set forth in the
Amended Consent Decree. The City of Rockford and Covenant Beneficiaries
will receive the covenants not to sue and contribution protection
specified in the Amended Consent Decree. The Department of Justice also
provides Notice that under section 7003(d) of the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 6973(d), the public may request
an opportunity for a public meeting at which time they may offer
comment.
The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the
proposed Consent Decree for 30 days following publication of this
Notice. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General,
Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States Department of
Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, D.C. 20044-
7611, and should refer to United States, et al. v. The City of
Rockford, Illinois, (Civil No. 98 C 50026, N.D. Ill.), D.J. Ref. No.
90-11-3-945. The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office
of the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois,
Western Division, Rockford, Illinois; the Region V Office of the United
States Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,
Chicago, Illinois 60604; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G
Street, N.W., 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20005, telephone No. (202) 624-
0892. A copy of the proposed Consent Decree may be obtained in person
or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 3rd
Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy, please enclose a
check for reproduction costs (at 25 cents per page) in the amount of
$13.75 for the Decree, payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-30969 Filed 11-18-98; 8:45 am]
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