[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 24 (Thursday, February 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 5967]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2868]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on January 21, 1998, the United States 
lodged with the Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Western 
Division, a proposed Consent Decree under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq. The Consent Decree resolves 
certain claims of the United States against the City of Rockford, 
Illinois, under Sections 106(a) and 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606(a) 
and 9607(a) at the Southeast Rockford Groundwater Contamination 
(``Site'') located in Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois. Under the 
Consent Decree, the City of Rockford will perform the remedial action 
selected by U.S. EPA in its September 30, 1995, Record of Decision and 
the United States will receive up to a maximum of $200,000 for future 
oversight response costs incurred by U.S. EPA in connection with the 
City of Rockford's performance of the Remedial Design and Remedial 
Action at the Site.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Decree for 30 days following publication of this 
Notice. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States Department of 
Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, DC 20044-
7611, and should refer to United States, et al. v. The City of 
Rockford, Illinois, (Civil No. 98 C 50026, N.D. Ill.) D.J. Ref. No. 90-
11-3-945. The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of 
the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 
Western Division, Rockford, Illinois; the Region V Office of the United 
States Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 
Chicago, Illinois 60604; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G 
Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, telephone No. (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 for reproduction costs (at 25 cents per page) in the amount of 
$34.75 for the Decree, payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-2868 Filed 2-4-98; 8:45 am]
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