[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 139 (Wednesday, July 19, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 44809]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-18215]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Eighth Consent Decree in United States v. 
Nalco Chemical Company, et al., Under the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed eighth Consent Decree in 
United States v. Nalco Chemical Company, et al., Case No. 91-C-4482 
(N.D. Ill.) entered into by the United States on behalf of U.S. EPA and 
Commonwealth Edison Company was lodged on August 3, 1999 with the 
United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The 
proposed Consent Decree resolves certain claims of the United States 
against the settling party under the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq. 
relating to the Byron Salvage Superfund Site in Ogle County, Illinois. 
Under the eighth Consent Decree, Commonwealth Edison Company will pay 
$860,900 to the Hazardous Substances Superfund in reimbursement of past 
response costs, will perform certain soil remediation work, and may 
make an additional payment as provided in the Consent Decree.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Decree for 30 days following the publication of this 
Notice. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General 
of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of 
Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, DC 20044, and 
should refer to United States v. Nalco Chemical Company, et al., D.J. 
Ref. No. 90-11-3-687. The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at 
the Office of the United States Attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois, 219 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, Illinois 60604; and the Region 
V Office of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West 
Jackson Street, Chicago, Illinois 60604. A copy of the Consent Decree 
may also be obtained by request addressed to the Department of Justice 
Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, 
Washington, DC 20044. In requesting a copy of the Consent Decree, 
please enclose a check in the amount of $37.00 (25 cents per page for 
reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,
Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 00-18215 Filed 7-18-00; 8:45 am]
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