[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 63 (Friday, April 2, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 16840]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-7420]


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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 March 25, 2010, a proposed consent 
decree with the City of Ottawa, Illinois (``Consent Decree'') in United 
States vs. City of Ottawa, Civil Action No. 10-1887 was lodged with the 
United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
    In this action the United States sought injunctive relief and 
recovery of unreimbursed costs incurred for response activities 
undertaken in response to the release and threatened release of 
hazardous substances from facilities at the Ottawa Radiation Areas 
Superfund Site in Ottawa, Illinois. The Consent Decree provides for the 
City of Ottawa to pay $150,000, a figure determined in accordance with 
an ability to pay analysis, and also provide approximately $4.35 
million in in-kind services, primarily through the provision of clean 
fill and top soil.
    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, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. City of Ottawa, D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-06883/2.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, 219 S. Dearborn St., Fifth Floor, Chicago, IL 60604, 
and at U.S. EPA Region 5, 77 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604-
3590. During the public comment period, the Consent Decree, 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. In requesting a copy from the Consent Decree 
Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $18.75 (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.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-7420 Filed 4-1-10; 8:45 am]
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