[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 32 (Thursday, February 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 8122]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-3910]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, and Section
122 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622, the Department of Justice
gives notice that a proposed consent decree in United States v. USX
Corp., et al., Civil No. 98 C 6389 (N.D. Ill.), was lodged with the
United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on
February 4, 1999, pertaining to the Yeoman Creek Landfill Superfund
Site (the ``Site''), located in Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois. The
proposed consent decree would resolve the United States's civil claims
against seven ``Settling Work Defendants'' and three ``Settling Cash
Defendants'' as provided in the consent decree. The Settling Work
Defendants are Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc.; Browning-Ferris
Industries of Illinois, Inc.; the City of Waukegan, Illinois; The
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company; The Dexter Corporation; Waukegan
Community School District No. 60; and Outboard Marine Corporation. The
Settling Cash Defendants are Fansteel, Inc.; Abbott Laboratories; and
the City of North Chicago, Illinois. The proposed consent decree also
would resolve the alleged Site-related liability of two ``Settling
Federal Agencies,'' the Department of the Navy and the Department of
Veterans Affairs.
Under the proposed consent decree, the Settling Work Defendants
would commit to perform the remedy selected in the Environmental
Protection Agency's Record of Decision for the Site, at an estimated
cost of $26.3 million. The Settling Cash Defendants and the Settling
Federal Agencies would contribute a total of $4,761,500.00 toward the
costs of that work.
The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the
proposed consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, United
States Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to
United States v. USX Corp., et al., Civil No. 98 C 6389 (N.D. Ill.),
and DOJ Reference No. 90-11-2-1315/1.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at: (1) The Office of
the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 219
S. Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60604; (2) the United States
Environmental Protection Agency (Region 5), 77 West Jackson Boulevard,
Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590 (contact Stuart Hersh (312-886-6235)); and
(3) the U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources
Division Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 3rd Floor,
Washington, DC 20005 (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, NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In
requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced case and DOJ
Reference Number and enclose a check in the amount of $21.50 for the
consent decree only (86 pages at 25 cents per page reproduction costs),
or $77.00 for the consent decree and all appendices (308 pages), made
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-3910 Filed 2-17-99; 8:45 am]
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