[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 248 (Wednesday, December 24, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79166-79167]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-30546]


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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 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. Regal-Beloit Corporation, Civil No. 07-50002 (N.D. 
Ill.), was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
Northern District of Illinois on December 18, 2008, pertaining to the 
Evergreen Manor Groundwater Contamination Superfund Site (the 
``Site''), located in Roscoe Township, Winnebago County, Illinois. In 
this action, the United States brought civil claims under Sections 107 
and 113(g)(2) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607 and 9613(g)(2), against Regal-
Beloit Corporation (``Regal-Beloit'') for recovery of response costs 
incurred and to be incurred by the United States at the Site.
    Under the proposed Consent Decree, Regal-Beloit would pay $425,000 
of the United States' past response costs, and $25,000 toward the 
United States future response costs, at the Site to resolve the United 
States cost recovery claims. This is the second settlement at this 
Site. In the first, lodged on May 29, 2008, and pending with the Court 
(United States v. Waste Management of Illinois, Inc. et al., Civil No. 
08-50094 (N.D. Ill.)) (``Waste Management Consent Decree''), three 
settling parties would 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 instant Consent Decree would not require Regal-Beloit to 
perform response action at the Site, however, its terms parallel, inter 
alia, the covenant for future liability and reopener provisions of the 
Waste Management Consent Decree.
    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. Regal-Beloit Corporation, Civil 
No. 07-50002 (N.D. Ill.), and DOJ Reference No. 90-11-3-08952.
    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://

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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 $8.50 for the Consent Decree (34 
pages including appendix, at 25 cents per page reproduction costs), 
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. E8-30546 Filed 12-23-08; 8:45 am]
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