[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 37 (Friday, February 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 7018]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-4096]



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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, notice is 
hereby given that on February 7, 1996, a proposed Consent Decree in 
United States v. Penta Wood Products, Inc., Civil Action No. 96-C-
0112C, was lodged with the United States District Court for the Western 
District of Wisconsin. This consent decree represents a settlement of 
claims under Sections 106 and 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9606, 
9607, against Penta Wood Products, Inc. (Penta Wood) for past response 
costs incurred by the United States for removal actions at the Penta 
Wood facility and for Penta Wood's failure to comply with an 
administrative order issued to it pursuant to Section 106 of CERCLA, 42 
U.S.C. 9606.
    Under this settlement, Penta Wood will pay the United States 
$37,400. In addition, Penta Wood will make further payments in the 
event that the company obtains additional funds through its good faith 
efforts to collect outstanding accounts receivable and/or sell certain 
pieces of equipment owned by the company. Finally, Penta Wood is 
required to transfer full ownership of a wastewater treatment unit to 
EPA, which EPA has been using in its efforts to clean up the 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 of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. Penta Wood Products, Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-1369.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Western District of Wisconsin, 660 West 
Washington Ave., Suite 200, Madison, WI 53701-1585, and at Region 5, 
Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Blvd., 
Chicago, IL 60604, and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, 
NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 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, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 
20005. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of 
$9.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent 
Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-4096 Filed 2-22-96; 8:45 am]
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