[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 71 (Friday, April 11, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19893-19894]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-7686]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on March 31, 2008, a proposed Consent 
Decree (``Consent Decree'') in United States v. T.L. Diamond & Co., 
Inc. et al., Civil Action No. 08-3079 was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Central District of Illinois.
    In this action the United States sought, pursuant to section 107(a) 
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), the recovery of response 
costs from T.L. Diamond & Co., Inc. (``TLD'') and Mr. Theodore L. 
Diamond (``Mr. Diamond''), the President of TLD (collectively the 
``Settling Defendants'') incurred or to be incurred by the United 
States for response activities undertaken in response to the release 
and threatened release of hazardous substances from a facility located 
in the City of Hillsboro, Montgomery County, Illinois, known as the 
Eagle Zinc Superfund Site (the ``Site''). The Consent Decree requires 
the Settling Defendants collectively to pay $750,000 in reimbursement 
of response costs at the Site. The Consent Decree further requires TLD 
to provide access to the Site and to agree to an restrictive 
environmental covenant on the Site. The Consent Decree includes a 
covenant not to sue under sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA and under 
section 7003 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (``RCRA''), 
42 U.S.C. 6973.
    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, and either e-mailed to 
[email protected] or mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20044-7611, and should refer to 
in United States v. T.L. Diamond & Co., Inc. et al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-
08502. 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 
States Attorney for the Central District of Illinois, 318 South 6th 
Street, Springfield, IL 62701, and at U.S. EPA Region 5, 77 West 
Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois 60604. During the public comment 
period the Consent Decree, may also be examined on the following 
Department of Justice website, to 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

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in the amount of $11.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable 
to the U.S. Treasury or, if by e-mail or fax, forward a check in that 
amount to the Consent Decree Library at the stated address.

William D. Brighton,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. E8-7686 Filed 4-10-08; 8:45 am]
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