[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 217 (Thursday, November 7, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 57701]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28615]


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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 C.F.R. 50.7, and Section 
122 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9622, notice is hereby given that on 
October 29, 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 Metallics, Inc., 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. 9601 et seq.
    Under this settlement between the United States, the State of 
Wisconsin, and Metallics, Metallics will pay the United States 
$1,350,000 in partial reimbursement of response costs incurred by the 
Environmental Protection Agency at the Site. Metallics will pay 
$675,000 to the United States and $675,000 to the State, plus accrued 
interest, in annual installment payments over a three year period, 
commencing 60 days following entry of the proposed consent decree.
    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, 660 West 
Washington Avenue, Suite 200, Madison, Wisconsin 53701, 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 $6.00 (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. 96-28615 Filed 11-6-96; 8:45 am]
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