[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 46 (Thursday, March 9, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 12218]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-2199]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that on February 21, 2006, a proposed 
Consent Decree in United States v. Quanex Corporation, Civil Action No. 
3:05-cv-50102, was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
Northern District of Illinois.
    In this action the United States sought, under section 107 of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607, to recover response costs incurred or to 
be incurred by the United States in connection with the Jepscor Metals 
Superfund Site (the ``Site''), located southeast of the City of Dixon, 
in Lee County, Illinois. Under the proposed settlement, Quanex 
Corporation (``Settling Defendant'') will pay one million dollars of 
U.S. EPA's past costs incurred at the Site. In return, the Settling 
Defendant will receive contribution protection and a covenant not to 
sue from the United States for past response costs, as defined in the 
Consent Decree.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Consent 
Decree. 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 
United States v. Quanex Corporation, D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-08317.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, 308 West State Street, Suite 300, Rockford, Illinois 
61101, and at U.S. EPA Region V, 77 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 
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) 514-0097, phone confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In 
requesting a copy from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a 
check in the amount of $5.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) 
payable to the U.S. Treasury.

William D. Brighton,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 06-2199 Filed 3-8-06; 8:45 am]
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