[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 68 (Monday, April 9, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 18512]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-8577]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Tenth 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 tenth Consent Decree in 
United State 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 
Rockford Products, Inc. was lodged on March 30, 2001 with the United 
States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The 
proposed Consent Decree resolves certain claims of the United States 
against Rockford Products, Inc. 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. 
This Consent Decree is a past costs only settlement and provides for 
Rockford Products, Inc. to pay $81,142 to the Hazardous Substances 
Superfund. 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 $5.00 (25 cents per page for 
reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.

W. Benjamin Fisherow,
Deputy Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-8577 Filed 4-6-01; 8:45 am]
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