[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 31 (Thursday, February 15, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7460-7461]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-684]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Pursuant to Department of Justice policy, notice is hereby given 
that on January 31, 2007, a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. 
USX Corp., et al., Civil Action No. 98 C 6398 (N.D. Ill.), was lodged 
with the United States District Court for the Northern District of 
Illinois.
    The Consent Decree concerns claims for natural resource damages 
under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601-9675, relating to the Yeoman Creek 
Landfill Superfund Site in Waukegan, Illinois. Environmental cleanup 
work at the site is already being performed under a 1999 Consent Decree 
with several parties. This proposed Consent Decree would require the 
following parties to pay an additional $300,000 for natural resource 
damages

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and for reimbursement of natural resource damage assessment costs 
incurred by government agencies: (1) Browning-Ferris Industries, LLC 
and BFI Waste Systems of North America, Inc.; (2) the City of Waukegan, 
Illinois; (3) Abbott Laboratories; (4) Waukegan Community School 
District No. 60; (5) The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company; and (6) 
Invitrogen Corporation.
    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 United States v. USX Corp. et al., Civil Action No. 98 C 6389 (N.D. 
Ill.) and D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-2-1315/3.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the offices of the United 
States Attorney, 219 S. Dearborn Street, 5th 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/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. In requesting a copy from the Consent Decree 
Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $8.00 (32 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. 07-684 Filed 2-14-07; 8:45 am]
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