98-15209. Proposed Modified Final Judgment and Memorandum in Support of Modification

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 110 (Tuesday, June 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31526-31527]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-15209]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Proposed Modified Final Judgment and Memorandum in Support of 
Modification

    Notice is hereby given that Modified Final Judgment, Motion to 
Modify Final Judgment, Memorandum in Support of the Modification of the 
Final Judgment, Stipulation and Order, and Hold Separate Stipulation 
and Order have been filed with the United States District Court in the 
District of Columbia, in United States et al v. USA Waste Services, 
Inc., et al., Civil No. 96-2031.
    The existing Final Judgment stems from a 1996 acquisition of 
Sanifill, Inc., by USA Waste. The Final Judgment was entered to resolve 
competitive concerns that the Antitrust Division had about the impact 
of the acquisition in Houston, Texas. Pursuant to the Final Judgment, 
USA Waste divested Sanifill's small container commercial hauling assets 
and a USA Waste disposal site in Houston and sold 2,000,000 tons of air 
space rights for ten years at two USA Waste landfills in the Houston 
area. The assets were purchased by TransAmerican Waste Industries, Inc. 
On January 26, 1998, TransAmerican and USA Waste entered into an 
agreement whereby TransAmerican would be merged into USA Waste, and the 
Houston assets TransAmerican purchased from USA Waste would be owned by 
USA Waste.
    On May 5, 1998, the United States filed a proposed Modified Final 
Judgment to modify the Final Judgment in this case. The United States 
maintained that the proposed acquisition of TransAmerican's commercial 
hauling and disposal assets in the Houston area would violate the 
original Final Judgment. The proposed Modified Final Judgment requires 
USA

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Waste to divest the TransAmerican commercial small container and 
disposal assets in the Houston area and provide 2,000,000 tons of air 
space rights for ten years at two USA Waste landfills in the Houston 
area.
    The Hold Separate Stipulation and Order and the Stipulation and 
Order ensure that the provisions of the proposed Modified Final 
Judgment will be observed and that the assets to be divested will be 
held separate and maintained as a viable competitive entity until the 
divestiture takes place.
    Public comments on the proposed Modified Final Judgment should be 
directed to J. Robert Kramer, Chief, Litigation II Section, Antitrust 
Division, United States Department of Justice, 1401 H Street, NW, Suite 
3000, Washington, DC 20530 (telephone: [phone]). Such comments and 
responses thereto will be filed with the Court.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations and Merger Enforcement.
[FR Doc. 98-15209 Filed 5-8-98; 8:45 am]
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