[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 157 (Wednesday, August 15, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45828-45829]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-3996]


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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 C.F.R. 50.7, notice is hereby 
given that on August 2, 2007, a proposed consent decree in United 
States v. Waste Management of Wisconsin, Inc., Civil Action Number 07-
C-0424-C, was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
Western District of Wisconsin.
    The consent decree resolves claims against Waste Management of 
Wisconsin, Inc. (``WMWI'') on behalf of the Environmental Protection 
Agency (``EPA'') under Sections 106 and 107 of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 
42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607, for response action to be taken and response 
costs to be incurred in responding to the release and threatened 
release of hazardous substances at the Hagen Farm Superfund Site 
(``Site'') in Dane County, Wisconsin.
    WMWI has been performing the remedial action for the Site under a 
unilateral administrative order issued by EPA. Under the consent 
decree, WMWI will complete performance of the Site remedy and will 
reimburse the United States for response costs the United States will 
incur at the Site. The consent decree also provides for disbursement to 
WMWI, if specified conditions are met, of approximately $1.525 million 
credited to the Site from the proceeds of a prior, separate settlement 
in In re U.E. Systems, Inc., et al., No. 91-32791 (Bankr. N.D. Ind.). 
The U.E. Systems settlement required that amounts recovered therein 
``shall reduce the liability of the non-settling potentially 
responsible parties * * * by the amount of the credit.'' The proposed 
consent decree with WMWI will implement that provision of the U.E. 
Systems settlement while also providing the United States with 
essentially full recovery of all response costs incurred or to be 
incurred by the United States in connection with the Site.
    For a period of thirty (30) days from the date of this publication, 
the Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
either e-mailed to [email protected] or mailed to P.O. Box 
7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should 
refer to United States v. Waste Management of Wisconsin, Inc., D.J. 
Ref. 90-11-2-588/1.
    The Consent Decree (including all its Appendices A through N) may 
be examined at the Office of the United States Attorney for the Western 
District of Wisconsin, 660 W. Washington Ave., Suite 303, Madison, 
Wisconsin 53701, and at the Region 5 Office of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois 60604. During 
the public comment period, the Consent Decree and all Appendices 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. Please enclose a check for $22.25 for the 
Consent Decree text only, or for $163.25 for the Consent Decree 
including all attachments (25 cents per page reproduction costs), 
payable to the U.S. Treasury, or, if by e-mail or fax, forward a check 
for the appropriate amount to

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the Consent Decree Library at the stated address.

William D. Brighton,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 07-3996 Filed 8-14-07; 8:45 am]
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