[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 154 (Monday, August 11, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43013-43014]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21059]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that on July 25, 1997, three proposed 
Consent Decrees in United States versus Alcan Aluminum, et al., Civil 
Action No. 97-3094, were lodged with the United States District Court 
for the Central District of Illinois.
    In this action, the United States sought to recover costs incurred 
in conducting response activities as a result of releases or threatened 
releases of hazardous substances at the Pierce Waste Oil Services Site, 
located in Springfield, Illinois. The proposed settlements are set 
forth in three Consent Decrees that address the liability of all 
twenty-six defendants in this action, each of which has been named as a 
generator of hazardous

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substances sent to the Site. Twenty-one of the 26 defendants negotiated 
as a group in one settlement; four other defendants negotiated in 
another settlement; and one defendant settled in an ability-to-pay 
settlement. Together, these settlements will recover $1,307,280, not 
including interest.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Consent 
Decrees. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General 
of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of 
Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United States versus 
Alcan Aluminum, et al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-1177.
    The Consent Decrees may be examined at the office of the United 
States Attorney, Central District of Illinois, Room 312 Federal 
Building, 600 East Monroe Street, Springfield, Illinois 62701, at 
United States Environmental Protection Agency Region V, 77 West Jackson 
Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604, and at the Consent Decree Library, 
1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, (202) 624-0892. A 
copy of the Consent Decrees may be obtained in person or by mail from 
the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, 
DC 20005. In requesting copies of these three proposed settlements, 
please enclose a check in the amount of $23.50 (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. 97-21059 Filed 8-8-97; 8:45 am]
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