[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 65 (Thursday, April 5, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 16820]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-1655]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on March 23, 2007, a proposed consent 
decree in United States v. Allied Waste Industries and Waste 
Management, Civil Action No. 06-5245, was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
    In this cost recovery action brought pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607, 
the United States sought recovery of unreimbursed past response costs 
and prejudgement interest incurred by the United States Environmental 
Protection Agency at the Tri-County/Elgin Landfills Superfund Site 
located near Elgin in Kane County, Illinois. Under the proposed consent 
decree, Allied Waste Industries, Inc. (formerly known as BFI Waste 
Industries) and Waste Management of Illinois, Inc. will pay a total of 
$2,120,000 to the Hazardous Substance Superfund.
    The Department of Justice will accept comments relating to the 
proposed consent decree for a period of thirty (30) days from the date 
of publication of this notice. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
and mailed either electronically to [email protected] or in 
hard copy to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 
20044-7611. Comments should refer to United States v. Allied Waste, et 
al., Civil No. 06-5245 (N.D. Ill.) and D.J. Reference No. 90-11-3-
08672.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at: (1) The Office of 
the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 219 
South Dearborn Street, Suite 500, Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 353-
5300; and (2) the United States Environmental Protection Agency (Region 
5), 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590 (contact 
Jeffrey A. Cahn (312-886-6670)). During the comment period, the 
proposed consent decree may also be examined on the following 
Department of Justice Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decree.html. A copy of the proposed consent decree may also be obtained 
by mail from the Department of Justice Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 
7611, 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 refer to the referenced case and D.J. 
Reference No. 90-11-3-08672, and enclose a check in the amount of 
$24.50 for the consent decree (98 pages at 25 cents per page 
reproduction costs), made payable to the U.S. Treasury.

William D. Brighton,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environmental and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 07-1655 Filed 4-4-07; 8:45 am]
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