[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 109 (Thursday, June 5, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32050-32051]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-12514]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with 28 CFR 50.7 and Section 122 of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 
U.S.C. 9622, the Department of Justice gives notice that a proposed 
Consent Decree, in United States v. Waste Management of Illinois, Inc. 
et al., Civil No. 08-50094 (N.D. Ill.), was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on May 29, 
2008, pertaining to the Evergreen Manor Groundwater Contamination 
Superfund Site (``Site'' or ``Evergreen Manor Site''), located in 
Roscoe Township, Winnebago County, Illinois. In this action, the United 
States brought civil claims under Sections 106, 107 and 113(g)(2) of 
CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606, 9607 and 9613(g)(2), against Waste Management 
of Illinois, Inc., Waste Management of Wisconsin, Inc., and Ecolab, 
Inc. (``Settling Defendants'') for implementation of remedial action 
and recovery of response costs incurred and to be incurred by the 
United States at the Site.
    Under the proposed Consent Decree, the Settling Defendants are 
obligated to implement the remedy selected by the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency (``EPA'') in the Record of Decision (``ROD'') for the 
Site, and to pay $550,000 in partial recovery of the United States' 
past response costs incurred at the Site as well as EPA's future costs 
of overseeing the implementation of the remedial action.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, 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 United 
States Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611, 
and should refer to United States v. Waste Management of Illinois, Inc. 
et al., Civil No. 08-50094 (N.D. Ill.), and DOJ Reference No. 90-11-3-
08952/1.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at: (1) The Office of 
the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 
Rockford Division, 308 West State Street, Suite 300, Rockford, Illinois 
61101 (815) 987-4444); and (2) the United States Environmental 
Protection Agency (Region 5), 77 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604-
3507 (contact: John C. Matson ((312) 886-2243).
    During the public comment period, the proposed Consent Decree may 
also be examined on the following U.S. Department of Justice Web site, 
http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the proposed 
Consent Decree may also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree 
Library, U.S. Department of Justice, 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 
no. (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the Consent Decree 
Library, please refer to the referenced case and DOJ Reference Number 
and enclose a check in the amount of $21.50 for the Consent Decree only 
(86 pages, at 25 cents per

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page reproduction costs), or in the amount of $799.25 for the Consent 
Decree and Appendices (3197 pages), made 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. E8-12514 Filed 6-4-08; 8:45 am]
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