[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 14 (Monday, January 24, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 3387]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-1185]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree in In re Outboard Marine 
Corporation, Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act (Cercla) and the Resource Conservation 
and Recovery Act (RCRA)

    Notice is hereby given that on January 12, 2005, a proposed Consent 
Decree was lodged with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the 
District of Illinois in In re Outboard Marine Corp., No. 00-37405 
(Bankr. N.D. Ill.). The Consent Decree among the United States on 
behalf of U.S. EPA, the State of Illinois, and the Trustee for Debtor 
Outboard Marine Corporation resolves CERCLA and RCRA causes of action 
with respect to the OMC Waukegen Facility in Lake County, Illinois, the 
HOD Landfill Facility in Antioch, Lake County, Illinois, the Marina 
Cliffs/Northwestern Barrel Facility in South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and 
the Aqua-Tech Environmental Inc. Facility in Greer, South Carolina. 
Under the Consent Decree, the Trustee will pay EPA $2,600,000 towards 
performance of work relating to a groundwater plume from Plant 2 of the 
OMC Waukegan Facility under CERCLA, RCRA, and the Illinois 
Environmental Protection Act. EPA shall also have allowed general 
unsecured claims of $243,000 for the HOD Landfill Facility, $100,000 
for the Marina Cliffs/Northwestern Barrel Facility, $45,000 for the 
Aqua-Tech Environmental Facility, and $1,612,000 for Plant 2 and the 
Waukegan Harbor Facility.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
Consent Decree for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of this 
publication. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, 
U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer 
to In re Outboard Marine Corp., D.J. Ref. Nos. 90-11-3-07051/1, /2. 
Commenters may request an opportunity for a public meeting in the 
affected area, in accordance with Section 7003(d) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 
6973(d).
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, U.S. Courthouse, 
1500 South, Everett McKinley Dirksen Bldg., 219 South Dearborn St., 
Chicago, IL 60604 and at the Region 5 Office of the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Street, Chicago, 
Illinois 60604. During the public comment period, the Consent Decree 
may also be examined on the following Department of Justice Web site, 
http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the Consent Decree may 
also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 
7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611 or by 
faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood 
([email protected]), fax no. (202) 515-0097, phone confirmation 
number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the Consent Decree 
Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $4.00 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

W. Benjamin Fisherow,
Deputy Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 05-1185 Filed 1-21-05; 8:45 am]
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