[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 10, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52689-52690]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-24960]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United 
States v. BASF Corporation of America, et al., Civil Action No. 95-
2244, has been lodged with the United States District Court for the 
Central District of Illinois on September 29, 1995.
    The Consent Decree resolves the claims alleged against BASF 
Corporation of America, and OXY USA Inc., under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601 
et seq. The proposed Consent Decree provides for the payment by these 
settling parties of $142,228 of the United States' unrecovered response 
costs and estimated future oversight costs at the Cross Brothers Pail 
(Pembroke) Site (``Site''), in Pembroke Township, Kankakee County, 
Illinois. The proposed Consent Decree also provides for the payment by 
these settling parties of civil penalties of $144,000 for their alleged 
failure to perform response activities at the Site pursuant to an 
administrative order issued by the United States Environmental 
Protection Agency.
    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, 
U.S. Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, D.C. 20044, and 
should refer to United States v. BASF Corporation of America, et al., 
D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-477A.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney for the Central District of Illinois, 201 S. 
Vine Street, Room 226, Urbana, Illinois 61801, at the Office of 
Regional Counsel, United States Environmental Protection Agency, 

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Region V, 200 West Adams Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606, 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 
also be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library. 
In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $6.00 (25 
cents per page reproduction costs) payable to the ``Consent Decree 
Library.''
Bruce Gelber,
Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 95-24960 Filed 10-6-95; 8:45 am]
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