[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 110 (Tuesday, June 9, 1998)] [Notices] [Pages 31526-31527] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-15209] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Antitrust Division Proposed Modified Final Judgment and Memorandum in Support of Modification Notice is hereby given that Modified Final Judgment, Motion to Modify Final Judgment, Memorandum in Support of the Modification of the Final Judgment, Stipulation and Order, and Hold Separate Stipulation and Order have been filed with the United States District Court in the District of Columbia, in United States et al v. USA Waste Services, Inc., et al., Civil No. 96-2031. The existing Final Judgment stems from a 1996 acquisition of Sanifill, Inc., by USA Waste. The Final Judgment was entered to resolve competitive concerns that the Antitrust Division had about the impact of the acquisition in Houston, Texas. Pursuant to the Final Judgment, USA Waste divested Sanifill's small container commercial hauling assets and a USA Waste disposal site in Houston and sold 2,000,000 tons of air space rights for ten years at two USA Waste landfills in the Houston area. The assets were purchased by TransAmerican Waste Industries, Inc. On January 26, 1998, TransAmerican and USA Waste entered into an agreement whereby TransAmerican would be merged into USA Waste, and the Houston assets TransAmerican purchased from USA Waste would be owned by USA Waste. On May 5, 1998, the United States filed a proposed Modified Final Judgment to modify the Final Judgment in this case. The United States maintained that the proposed acquisition of TransAmerican's commercial hauling and disposal assets in the Houston area would violate the original Final Judgment. The proposed Modified Final Judgment requires USA [[Page 31527]] Waste to divest the TransAmerican commercial small container and disposal assets in the Houston area and provide 2,000,000 tons of air space rights for ten years at two USA Waste landfills in the Houston area. The Hold Separate Stipulation and Order and the Stipulation and Order ensure that the provisions of the proposed Modified Final Judgment will be observed and that the assets to be divested will be held separate and maintained as a viable competitive entity until the divestiture takes place. Public comments on the proposed Modified Final Judgment should be directed to J. Robert Kramer, Chief, Litigation II Section, Antitrust Division, United States Department of Justice, 1401 H Street, NW, Suite 3000, Washington, DC 20530 (telephone: 202/307-0924). Such comments and responses thereto will be filed with the Court. Constance K. Robinson, Director of Operations and Merger Enforcement. [FR Doc. 98-15209 Filed 5-8-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410-11-M