[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 10, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2613-2614]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-479]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decrees In United States v. Nalco 
Chemical Company, et al., Under the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that two proposed Consent Decrees in United 
States v. Nalco Chemical Company, et al., Case No. 91-C-4482 (N.D. 
Ill.), entered into by the United States on behalf of U.S. EPA and 
fifteen settling parties were lodged on December 22, 1994 with the 
United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The 
proposed Consent Decrees resolve certain claims of the United States 
against the settling parties under the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. Secs. 9601 et seq. 
relating to the Byron Superfund Site in Ogle County, Illinois, Under 
the First de minimis Consent Decree, nine settling parties among the 
``drum'' parties in the case will pay the United States $94,405.86. 
Under the second de minimis Consent Decree, six settling parties among 
the ``IPC customer'' parties in the case will pay the United States 
$429,045.17.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Decrees for 30 days following the publication of this 
Notice. 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 v. 
Nalco Chemical Company, et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-687. The proposed 
Consent Decrees may [[Page 2614]] be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 219 S. 
Dearborn St., Chicago, Illinois 60604; the Region v Office of the 
United States Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Street, 
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 Consent Decrees 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 of the first Consent 
Decree (the ``Drum'' Decree), please enclose a check in the amount of 
$7.00 (25 cents per page for reproduction costs), payable to the 
Consent Decree Library. In requesting a copy of the second Consent 
Decree (the ``IPC Customer'' Decree), please enclose a check in the 
amount of $6.25 (25 cents per page for reproduction costs), payable to 
the Consent Decree Library. In requesting a copy of both Consent 
Decrees, please enclose a check in the amount of $13.25 (25 cents per 
page for reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Acting Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 95-479 Filed 1-9-95; 8:45 am]
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