[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 80 (Wednesday, April 26, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24761-24762]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-3939]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Under 42 U.S.C. 9622(d)(2) and 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given 
that on April 12, 2006, a proposed Consent Decree in United States and 
the State of Wisconsin v. NCR Corporation and Sonoco-U.S. Mills, Inc., 
Civil Action No. 06-CV-00484 (E.D. Wis.) was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
    The Consent Decree concerns polychlorinated biphenyl (``PCB'') 
contamination in a particular area of the Lower Fox River and Green Bay 
Site. Under the proposed settlement set forth in the Consent Decree, 
NCR Corporation and Sonoco-U.S. Mills, Inc. (the ``Defendants'') would 
implement an initial phase of the cleanup remedy in that area, which 
has been designated as the Phase 1 Project Area. The Phase 1 Project 
Area is just downstream from the De Pere dam, along the west bank of 
the Lower Fox River, near the City of Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Consent 
Decree would require the Defendants to dredge PCB-contaiminated 
sediments from the Phase 1 Project Area and to dispose of the dredged 
sediments in an upland landfill, at an estimated cost of $30 million. 
The settlement would not resolve the Defendants' potential liability 
for additional response activities or response costs relating to the 
Phase 1 Project Area or other areas of the Site.
    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.

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Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States and the State of Wisconsin v. NCR Corporation and Sonoco-
U.S. Mills, Inc., Civil Action No. 06-CV-00484 (E.D. Wis.) and D.J. 
Ref. No. 90-11-2-1045/5.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at: (1) The offices of the 
United States Attorney, 517 E. Wisconsin Avenue, Room 530, Milwaukee, 
Wisconsin; and (2) the offices of the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 14th Floor, Chicago, 
Illinois. 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 $36.00 (144 pages at 25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury. For a copy of the 
Consent Decree alone, without appendices, please enclose a check in the 
amount of $19.25 (77 pages at 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. 06-3939 Filed 4-25-06; 8:45 am]
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