Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 32 (Thursday, February 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 8122]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-3910]


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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, 28 CFR 50.7, and Section 
122 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622, the Department of Justice 
gives notice that a proposed consent decree in United States v. USX 
Corp., et al., Civil No. 98 C 6389 (N.D. Ill.), was lodged with the 
United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on 
February 4, 1999, pertaining to the Yeoman Creek Landfill Superfund 
Site (the ``Site''), located in Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois. The 
proposed consent decree would resolve the United States's civil claims 
against seven ``Settling Work Defendants'' and three ``Settling Cash 
Defendants'' as provided in the consent decree. The Settling Work 
Defendants are Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc.; Browning-Ferris 
Industries of Illinois, Inc.; the City of Waukegan, Illinois; The 
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company; The Dexter Corporation; Waukegan 
Community School District No. 60; and Outboard Marine Corporation. The 
Settling Cash Defendants are Fansteel, Inc.; Abbott Laboratories; and 
the City of North Chicago, Illinois. The proposed consent decree also 
would resolve the alleged Site-related liability of two ``Settling 
Federal Agencies,'' the Department of the Navy and the Department of 
Veterans Affairs.
    Under the proposed consent decree, the Settling Work Defendants 
would commit to perform the remedy selected in the Environmental 
Protection Agency's Record of Decision for the Site, at an estimated 
cost of $26.3 million. The Settling Cash Defendants and the Settling 
Federal Agencies would contribute a total of $4,761,500.00 toward the 
costs of that work.
    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 Resources Division, United 
States Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. USX Corp., et al., Civil No. 98 C 6389 (N.D. Ill.), 
and DOJ Reference No. 90-11-2-1315/1.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at: (1) The Office of 
the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 219 
S. Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60604; (2) the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency (Region 5), 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 
Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590 (contact Stuart Hersh (312-886-6235)); and 
(3) the U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources 
Division Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 3rd Floor, 
Washington, DC 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, NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In 
requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced case and DOJ 
Reference Number and enclose a check in the amount of $21.50 for the 
consent decree only (86 pages at 25 cents per page reproduction costs), 
or $77.00 for the consent decree and all appendices (308 pages), made 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-3910 Filed 2-17-99; 8:45 am]
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