[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 145 (Wednesday, July 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 40541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20260]
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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 and consistent with 28
C.F.R. 50.7 and Section 122 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622, notice is hereby
given that on July 13, 1998, a proposed Consent Decree in United States
v. White Consolidated Industries, Inc. and the Town of Franklin,
Wisconsin., Civil Action No. 96-C-458, was lodged with the United
States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. This
consent decree represents a settlement of claims brought by the United
States, pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., against White
Consolidated Industries and the Town of Franklin, Wisconsin for
reimbursement of response costs incurred at the Lemberger Flyash
Superfund Site (``Site'') located in Manitowac County, Wisconsin.
Under this settlement with the United States, White Consolidated
Industries, Inc. will pay $600,000 and the Town of Franklin, Wisconsin
will pay $120,000 in reimbursement of response costs incurred by the
United States at 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. White Consolidated Industries, Inc. and the Town of
Franklin, Wisconsin, D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-712C.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, Eastern District of Wisconsin, 330 Federal
Building, 517 East Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at the
Region 5 Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson
Street, Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590, and at the Consent Decree
Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 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, N.W.,
4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy, please enclose
a check in the amount of $5.00 (.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. 98-20260 Filed 7-28-98; 8:45 am]
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