[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 117 (Tuesday, June 18, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41447-41448]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-15234]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 
9601, et seq.

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States and the 
State of Illinois v. Alpha Construction, et al., Civil Action No. 02 C 
3609, was lodged on May 30, 2002, with the United States District Court 
for the Northern District of Illinois.
    The proposed Consent Decree concerns the Lenz Oil Services, Inc. 
Superfund Site (``Site'') located near the City of Lemont in southwest 
Du Page County, Illinois. Lenz Oil formerly operated a waste oil and 
solvent recycling, storage and transfer facility. The Site is 
approximately 600 feet northwest of the Des Plaines River, partially 
within a designated flood plain, and includes contiguous areas 
contaminated by releases of hazardous substances from Lenz Oil 
Services, Inc., and approximately 1.5 acres of shallow aquifer 
contamination. Pursuant to the proposed Consent Decree, 47 generators 
alleged to have arranged for disposal of waste at the Site are 
resolving their liability to the United States and the State of 
Illinois under sections 106 and 107(a) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 
42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607(a), and certain provisions of the Illinois 
Environmental Protection Act. Twenty-two settlers are cashing out in 
this settlement, and twenty-five of the settlers will perform work at 
the Site. The work to be performed is estimated to cost between $8 
million and $12.5 million dollars (excluding oversight costs) depending 
on whether the primary, or one of several contingent remedies is 
ultimately implemented.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Decree for a period of thirty (30) days from the date 
of this publication. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environmental and Natural Resources Division, United 
States Department of Justice of Department of Justice, and sent: (1) By 
first class mail c/o Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, P.O. Box 
7611, Washington, DC; and/or (2) by facsimile to (202) 353-0296; and/or 
(3) by overnight delivery, other than through the U.S. Postal Service, 
to Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, 1425 New York Avenue, NW., 
13th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. Each communication should refer on 
its face to United States and the State of Illinois v. Alpha 
Construction Co., et al., DJ 90-11-3-1767.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 219 So. 
Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60604, at the Region 5 office of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Blvd., 7th Floor, 
Chicago, Illinois 60604, and at the Lemont Village Hall, 508 Lemont 
Street, Lemont, Illinois 60439. A copy of the proposed Consent Decree 
may also be obtained by faxing a request to Tonia Fleetwood, Department 
of Justice Consent Decree Library, fax no. (202) 616-6584; phone 
confirmation no. (202) 514-1547. There is a charge for the copy (25 
cents per page reproduction cost). Upon requesting a copy, please mail 
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check payable to the ``U.S. Treasury,'' in the amount of $96.75 for the 
proposed Consent Decree with all attachments, or for $32.35 for the 
proposed Consent Decree only, to: Consent Decree Library, U.S. 
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611. The 
check should refer to United States and the State of Illinois v. Alpha 
Construction Co., et al., DJ 90-11-3-1767.

William Brighton,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 02-15234 Filed 6-17-02; 8:45 am]
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