[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 24 (Thursday, February 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 5967]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2868]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
Notice is hereby given that on January 21, 1998, the United States
lodged with the Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Western
Division, a proposed Consent Decree under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq. The Consent Decree resolves
certain claims of the United States 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
Consent Decree, the City of Rockford will perform the remedial action
selected by U.S. EPA in its September 30, 1995, Record of Decision and
the United States will receive up to a maximum of $200,000 for future
oversight response costs incurred by U.S. EPA in connection with the
City of Rockford's performance of the Remedial Design and Remedial
Action at the Site.
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, DC 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, NW., 4th 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, NW., 4th
Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy, please enclose a
check for reproduction costs (at 25 cents per page) in the amount of
$34.75 for the Decree, payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-2868 Filed 2-4-98; 8:45 am]
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