[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 220 (Wednesday, November 16, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-28219]


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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, notice is hereby given that 
a proposed partial consent decree in United States v. Acme Solvents 
Reclaiming, Inc., et al., Case No. 89 C 7748, was lodged on November 1, 
1994, with the United States District Court for the Northern District 
of Illinois.
    The proposed partial consent decree resolves claims of the United 
States against several direct defendants and third party defendants in 
United States v. Acme Solvents Reclaiming, Inc., et al., brought under 
Section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., as amended, for 
the recovery of past costs incurred by the United States at the Acme 
Solvents Reclaiming hazardous waste site (``Acme Site'') in Winnebago 
County, Illinois. Under the terms of the proposed decree, the settling 
defendants will pay the United States $775,000 in settlement of the 
United States' past costs claims against them.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed partial consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should 
refer to United States v. Acme Solvents Reclaiming, Inc., et al., DOJ 
Ref. # 90-11-2-177.
    The proposed partial consent decree may be examined at the Office 
of the United States Attorney, 219 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago, 
Illinois 60604; the Region 5 Office of the United States Environmental 
Protection Agency 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois 60604; 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 partial 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 refer to the case referenced above and enclose a check in 
the amount of $7.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to 
the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Acting Chief, Environment and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 94-28219 Filed 11-15-94; 8:45 am]
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