[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 102 (Thursday, May 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 30488]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-12826]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

    On May 21, 2015, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Southern 
District of Illinois in the lawsuit entitled United States of America 
v. Illinois Tool Works Inc. 12-cv-1233-NJR-SCW.
    The proposed Consent Decree would resolve Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA'') 
claims and certain other related claims concerning Site 14 (``Site 14'' 
or ``the Site'') of the Miscellaneous Areas Operable Unit at the Crab 
Orchard National Wildlife Refuge Superfund Site near Marion, Illinois. 
The total response costs for Site 14 are roughly $5.8 million, 
including about $3.66 million spent by Illinois Tool Works (``ITW'') 
and about $2.15 million spent by the U.S. Department of the Interior 
(``DOI'') and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''). The 
proposed settlement would require ITW to pay an additional $78,617, 
including $62,739 being paid into the DOI Central Hazardous Materials 
Fund and $15,878 being paid into the EPA Superfund. No prior payments 
have been made on account of the alleged CERCLA liability of the 
Department of the Army (``Army'') and DOI (the ``Settling Federal 
Agencies''). Under this settlement, the United States would pay 
$1,677,549 on behalf of the Settling Federal Agencies, including 
$1,338,745 being paid into the DOI Central Hazardous Materials Fund and 
$338,804 being paid into the EPA Superfund.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
should refer to United States of America v. Illinois Tool Works Inc., 
D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-643/1.
    All comments must be submitted no later than thirty (30) days after 
the publication date of this notice. Comments may be submitted either 
by email or by mail:

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            To submit comments:                     Send them to:
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By email..................................  [email protected].
By mail...................................  Acting Assistant Attorney
                                             General, U.S. DOJ--ENRD,
                                             P.O. Box 7611, Washington,
                                             DC 20044-7611.
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    During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may be 
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: http://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We will provide a paper copy of 
the Consent Decree upon written request and payment of reproduction 
costs. Please mail your request and payment to: Consent Decree Library, 
U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611.
    Please enclose a check or money order for $8.75 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Randall M. Stone,
Acting Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-12826 Filed 5-27-15; 8:45 am]
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