[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 172 (Wednesday, September 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 46664]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22467]


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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, and Section 
122 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9622, notice is hereby given that on 
August 26, 1996, a proposed Partial Consent Decree in United States v. 
Metallics, Inc., Civil Action No. 96-C-0275-S, was lodged, with the 
United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin. 
This consent decree represents a settlement of claims of the United 
States and the State of Wisconsin against the Town of Onalaska, 
Wisconsin for reimbursement of response costs and injunctive relief in 
connection with the Onalaska Municipal Landfill site (``Site'') 
pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and 
Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9601 et seq.
    Under this settlement between the United States, the State of 
Wisconsin, and the Town of Onalaska, the Town will pay the United 
States $482,550 in partial reimbursement of response costs incurred by 
the Environmental Protection Agency at the Site, perform operation and 
maintenance activities at the site throughout the contemplated thirty-
year remedial action, provide access to the site and to properties 
adjacent to the site, and impose conservation easements on such 
properties consistent with their location adjacent to a wildlife 
refuge, and institute appropriate institutional controls.
    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. Metallics, Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-605B.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Western District of Wisconsin, 120 North Henry 
Street, Room 420, Madison, Wisconsin 53703, at the Region 5 Office of 
the Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Street, Chicago, 
Illinois 60604-3590, 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 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 enclose a check in the amount 
of $11.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent 
Decree Library.
Walker Smith,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-22467 Filed 9-3-96; 8:45 am]
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