[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 77 (Thursday, April 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19804-19805]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-10065]


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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 and Section 122 of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622, the Department of Justice gives notice 
that a proposed partial consent decree in United States v. USX Corp., 
et al., Civil No. 98 C 6389 (N.D. Ill.), was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on April 7, 
1999, pertaining to the Yeoman Creek Landfill Superfund Site, located 
in Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois. The proposed partial consent decree 
would resolve the United States's civil claims against ten de minimis 
defendants named in the action as provided in the consent decree. The 
settling defendants are Akzo Nobel Coatings, Inc. (successor to 
Reliance Universal, Inc.); Babson Bros. Co. (on behalf of Pfanstiehl 
Detergent Chemicals, Inc.); Commonwealth Edison Company; F.K. Pattern & 
Foundry, Inc.; Kmart Corporation; North Shore Gas Company; Pfanstiehl 
Corporation (f/k/a Pfanstiehl Chemical Corporation); Pfanstiehl 
Laboratories, Inc.; Sears, Roebuck and Co.; and Waste Management of 
Illinois, Inc. (successor to Ace Scavenger Service, Inc.) and Waste 
Management of Wisconsin,Inc. (f/k/a Acme Disposal Service Corp. and 
successor to City Disposal Corporation, f/k/a City Disposal Service, 
Inc.). Under the proposed consent decree, the ten settling defendants 
would pay a total of $290,000,00.
    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, Environment and Natural Resource Division, United 
States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer 
to United States v. USX Corp., et al., Civil No. 98 C 6389 (N.D. Ill.), 
and DOJ Reference No. 90-11-2-1315/1.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at: (1) the Office of 
the United States Attorney for the Northern District

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of Illinois, 219 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60604; (2) the United 
States Environmental Protection Agency (Region 5), 77 West Jackson 
Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590 (contact Stuart Hersh (312-886-
6235)); and (3) the U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 3rd 
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, NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. 
In requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced case and DOJ 
Reference Number and enclose a check in the amount of $9.00 for the 
consent decree only (36 pages at 25 cents per page reproduction costs), 
or $9.75 for the consent decree and all appendices (39 pages), made 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-10065 Filed 4-21-99; 8:45 am]
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