[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 242 (Monday, December 18, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 65067]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-30631]



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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 Section 122(d)(2) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 
U.S.C. 9622(d)(2), and Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that on November 28, 1995, a proposed consent decree in 
United States v. County of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Civil Action No. 95-C-
1210, was lodged with the United States District Court of the Eastern 
District of Wisconsin. This consent decree represents a settlement of 
claims brought against Milwaukee County under CERCLA Sections 106 and 
107, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607, for the recovery of costs incurred and to 
be incurred by the United States in responding to the release and 
threatened release of hazardous substances at and from the Moss-
American Superfund Site in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
    Under the proposed settlement, Milwaukee County will be required 
to: (1) Relinquish a potential takings claim; (2) withdraw a motion to 
intervene that is pending before the Court; (3) withdraw its opposition 
to entry of a proposed consent decree between the United States and 
Kerr-McGee Chemical Co. (``Kerr-McGee'') that was lodged in 1991 
(``Remedial Action Decree''), under which Kerr-McGee would be obligated 
to perform the final remedial action for the Site, at a cost of $26 
million, and pay $1 million of the United States' past costs of $1.8 
million (as of January 31, 1991); and (4) grant the United States and 
its assigns irrevocable access to the Moss-American Superfund Site.
    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, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. County of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-
590A.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at: (1) The Mill Road 
Library, 6431 N. 76th St., Milwaukee, Wisconsin; (2) U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 W. Jackson Blvd, Chicago, Illinois 
60604 (contact Mr. Russell D. Hart (312-886-4844)); and (3) the U.S. 
Department of Justice's Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 
4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20010, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the 
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. 20010. 
In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $8.25 
(consent decree only) or $46.75 (consent decree and appendices) (25 
cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent Decree 
Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environment Enforcement Section, Environmental and Natural 
Resources Division.
FR Doc. 95-30631 Filed 12-15-95; 8:45 am]
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