[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 183 (Thursday, September 21, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 49007]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-23359]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)
Notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United
States v. River Properties, et al., has been lodged on August 30, 1995,
with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of
Wisconsin. The proposed Consent Decree concerns the J.K. Drum Superfund
Site (``J.K. Drum Site'' or ``Site''), located at 615 West Wolf River
Road, New London (Waupaca County), Wisconsin. The Site was contaminated
with numerous hazardous substances, which included heavy metals,
flammable materials, acids and cyanide liquids, during the operation of
a drum disposal, cleaning and recycling business from 1985 until 1989.
Pursuant to Section 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607(a),
the complaint in this action seeks recovery of costs incurred by the
United States during the removal of hazardous substances at the Site.
The 24 Settling Defendants have agreed in the proposed Consent
Decree to reimburse the United States in the amount of $780,000, which
comprises approximately 95% of the costs incurred at the Site.
The Department of Justice will receive comments concerning the
proposed Consent Decree for a period of thirty (30) days from the date
of this publication. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S.
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington,
DC 20044, and should refer to United States v. River Properties, et
al., D.O.J. Number 90-11-2-1077.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at any of the following
offices: (1) The Office of the United States Attorney for the Eastern
District of Wisconsin, Federal Building Room 530, 517 East Wisconsin
Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202, (414) 297-1700; (2) the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 W. Jackson Blvd. Chicago,
Illinois 60604 (312) 886-6609; and (3) the Consent Decree Library, 1120
G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, (202) 624-0892. Copies
of the proposed Decree may be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree
Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. For a
copy of the Consent Decree, please enclose a check for $17.25 ($.25 per
page reproduction charge) payable to ``Consent Decree Library.''
Joel M. Cross,
Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment & Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 95-23359 Filed 9-20-95; 8:45 am]
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