[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 178 (Thursday, September 15, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-22778]


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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 CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622, notice is hereby given that on August 
30, 1994, a proposed Consent Decree in United States versus Town of 
Onalaska, Wiconsin, Civil Action No. 94 C 642S, was lodged with the 
United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin. 
This consent decree represents a settlement of claims of the United 
States and the State of Wisconsin against the Town of Onalaska for 
reimbursement of response costs and injunctive relief in connection 
with the Onalaska Municipal Landfill site (``Site'') pursuant to the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 
42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.
    Under this settlement between the United States, the State of 
Wisconsin, and the Town of Onalaska, the Town will pay the United 
States $110,000 in partial reimbursement of response costs incurred by 
the Environmental Protection Agency at the Site, perform operation and 
maintenance activities at the site throughout the contemplated thirty-
year remedial action, secure access and title to properties adjacent to 
the site and impose conservation easements on such properties 
consistent with their location adjacent to a wildlife refuge, and 
institute appropriate institutional controls. Stipulated penalties may 
be imposed in the event the Town does not comply with the requirements 
of the Consent Decree. The consent decree also contains provisions 
allowing a new action against the Town to be commenced in the event 
undiscovered conditions or new information demonstrate that the 
remedial action at the Onalaska Landfill site is not protective of 
human health or the environment.
    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 versus Town of Onalaska, Wisconsin, DOJ Ref. 90-11-3-
605A.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Western District of Wisconsin, 120 North Henry 
Street, Room 420, Madison, Wisconsin 53703, 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 $11.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent 
Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 94-22778 Filed 9-14-94; 8:45 am]
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