[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 188 (Wednesday, September 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52527-52528]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25335]
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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, the Department of Justice
gives notice that a proposed consent decree in the case captioned
United States v. Commonwealth Edison Company, Civil Action No. 99 C
5628 (N.D. Ill.), was lodged with the United States District Court for
the Northern District of Illinois on September 15, 1999. The proposed
consent decree relates to the Standard Scrap Metal/Chicago
International Exporting Site located at 4004-4020 South Wentworth and
4000-4027 South Wells Streets in Chicago, Illinois. The proposed
consent decree would resolve civil claims of the United States for
recovery of past response costs under section 107 of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended, 42
U.S.C. 9607, against the Commonwealth Edison Company. The proposed
consent decree would require
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the Commonwealth Edison Company to pay the United States a total of
$600,000.
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, Environment and Natural Resource Division, United
States Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to
United States v. Commonwealth Edison Company, Civil Action No. 99 C
5628 (N.D. Ill.), and DOJ Reference No. 90-11-3-1414/6.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at: (1) The Office of
the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 219
South Dearborn St., Chicago, Illinois 60604 (contact Samuel Brooks
(312-353-5342)); and (2) the United States Environmental Protection
Agency (Region 5), 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604-
3590 (contact Michael Anastasio (312-886-7951). Copies of the proposed
consent decree may be obtained by mail from the Department of Justice
Consent Decree Library, PO Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044. In
requesting copies, please refer to the referenced case and DOJ
Reference Number and enclose a check for $4.25 (17 pages at 25 cents
per page reproduction cost), made payable to the Consent Decree
Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-25335 Filed 9-28-99; 8:45 am]
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