[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 37 (Friday, February 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 7018]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-4096]
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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, notice is
hereby given that on February 7, 1996, a proposed Consent Decree in
United States v. Penta Wood Products, Inc., Civil Action No. 96-C-
0112C, was lodged with the United States District Court for the Western
District of Wisconsin. This consent decree represents a settlement of
claims under Sections 106 and 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9606,
9607, against Penta Wood Products, Inc. (Penta Wood) for past response
costs incurred by the United States for removal actions at the Penta
Wood facility and for Penta Wood's failure to comply with an
administrative order issued to it pursuant to Section 106 of CERCLA, 42
U.S.C. 9606.
Under this settlement, Penta Wood will pay the United States
$37,400. In addition, Penta Wood will make further payments in the
event that the company obtains additional funds through its good faith
efforts to collect outstanding accounts receivable and/or sell certain
pieces of equipment owned by the company. Finally, Penta Wood is
required to transfer full ownership of a wastewater treatment unit to
EPA, which EPA has been using in its efforts to clean up the Site.
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 of the Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to
United States v. Penta Wood Products, Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-1369.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, Western District of Wisconsin, 660 West
Washington Ave., Suite 200, Madison, WI 53701-1585, and at Region 5,
Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Blvd.,
Chicago, IL 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 Decree 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, please enclose a check in the amount of
$9.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent
Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-4096 Filed 2-22-96; 8:45 am]
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