[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 98 (Tuesday, May 20, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29152-29153]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-11204]


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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 May 14, 2008, a proposed consent 
decree in United States v. Waste Management of Illinois, Inc. et al., 
Civil Action No. 06cv6880, 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 approximately $1.15 million 
in unreimbursed past response costs and prejudgment interest incurred 
by the United States Environmental Protection Agency at the H.O.D. 
Landfill Superfund Site located near Antioch in Lake County, Illinois. 
Under the proposed consent decree, Waste Management of Illinois, Inc., 
on behalf of itself, Morton International, Inc., and Rohm and Haas 
Chemicals, LLC will

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pay a total of $900,000 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. Waste Management 
of Illinois, Inc., et al., Civil No. 06cv6880 (N.D. Ill.) and D.J. 
Reference No. 90-11-3-1006/1.
    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. 90-11-3-1006/1, and enclose a check in the amount of 
$60.75 for the consent decree (243 pages at 25 cents per page 
reproduction costs), made payable to the U.S. Treasury.

William D. Brighton,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. E8-11204 Filed 5-19-08; 8:45 am]
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