[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 169 (Thursday, August 31, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51851-51852]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-7264]


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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 August 15, 2006, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. The Sherwin-Williams Company et al., Civil 
Action Number 00-2064, was lodged with the United States District Court 
for the Central District of Illinois.
    The proposed consent decree resolves claims against The Sherwin-
Williams Company, The Glidden Company, and Speciality Coatings Company, 
Inc. (collectively, ``Defendants''), under Section 107 of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607, for the reimbursement of response costs 
incurred and to be incurred by EPA, in connection with the release and 
threatened release of hazardous substances at the Cross Brothers Pail 
Recycling Superfund Site in Pembroke Township, Kankakee County, 
Illinois (``the Site'').
    Under the proposed Consent Decree, Defendants will reimburse the 
United States $200,000 in outstanding past response costs at the Site.
    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, with a copy to 
Matthew A. Fogelson, Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, Environmental Enforcement 
Section, 301 Howard Street, Suite 1050, San Francisco, CA 94105, and 
should refer to United States v. The Sherwin-Williams Company et al., 
DOJ Ref. 90-11-2-477/1. 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 
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Attorney, 201 S. Vine Street, Suite 226, Urbana, Illinois 61801, and 
the Region 5 Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West 
Jackson Boulevard, 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/Consent_Decrees.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. To obtain a copy of the 
Consent Decree from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check 
in the amount of $4.50 (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. 06-7264 Filed 8-30-06; 8:45 am]
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