[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 248 (Thursday, December 27, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 66932]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-31782]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decrees Pursuant to the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
and the Clean Air Act

    In accordance with 28 CFR Sec. 50.7 and Departmental policy, notice 
is hereby given that on December 5, 2001, a proposed consent decree in 
the case captioned United States v. Cohen, et al., Civil Action No. 96 
C 7801 (N.D. Ill.), was lodged with the United States District Court 
for the Northern District of Illinois. The proposed consent decree 
relates to the Standard Scrap Metal/Chicago International Exporting 
Site located at 4004-4020 South Wentworth and 4000-4027 South Wells 
Streets in Chicago, Illinois. The proposed consent decree would resolve 
civil claims of the United States for recovery of past response costs 
under Section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9607 
(``CERCLA''), as well as claims for civil penalties under section 104 
of CERCLA, and for civil penalties and injunctive relief under section 
113 of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7413, against Steven Cohen, 
Lawrence A. Cohen, Chicago International Chicago, Inc., and Chicago 
International Exporting (``Settling Defendants''). Under the proposed 
consent decree, the Settling Defendants paid the United States $500,000 
in partial reimbursement of past response costs: $105,000 in civil 
penalties for violations of section 104 of CERCLA; and $105,000 in 
civil penalties for violations of the Clean Air Act. The Settling 
Defendants also certified that they had removed from their property the 
metal sorting lines and metal shredding lines that were the subject of 
the CAA violations.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed comment decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resource Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. Cohen, et al., Civil Action No. 96 C 7801 (N.D. Ill.), 
and DOJ Reference No. 90-11-3-1414A.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at: (1) the Office of 
the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 219 
South Dearborn St., Chicago, Illinois, 60604; and (2) the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency (Region 5), 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 
Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590. Copies of the proposed consent decree may 
be obtained by mail from the Department of Justice Consent Decree 
Library, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044. In requesting copies, 
please refer to the above-referenced case and DOJ Reference Number and 
enclose a check for $6.50 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) made 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.

William D. Brighton,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, 
Environmental and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-31782 Filed 12-26-01; 8:45 am]
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