[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 226 (Wednesday, November 23, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84617-84618]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-28136]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On November 16, 2016, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
consent decree with the United States District Court for the Northern 
District of Illinois in the lawsuit entitled United States and State of 
Illinois v. North Shore Gas Co., Civil Action No. 16-10672.
    The proposed consent decree resolves claims by the United States 
and the State of Illinois in the associated complaint under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
against North Shore Gas Company (``NSG'') for response actions and 
future response costs relating to the NSG South Plant Manufactured Gas 
Plant Superfund Alternative Site in Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois 
(``the Site''). Under the proposed consent decree, NSG agrees to 
perform the remedial actions, estimated to cost $10.5 million, selected 
by EPA and to pay future response costs incurred by the United States 
and the State of Illinois. The proposed consent decree includes a 
covenant not to sue NSG conditioned upon the satisfactory performance 
by NSG of its obligations under the proposed consent decree.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the proposed consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
and should refer to United States and State of Illinois v. North Shore 
Gas Co., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-11472. 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].

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By mail.............................  Assistant Attorney General
                                      U.S. DOJ--ENRD
                                      P.O. Box 7611
                                      Washington, D.C. 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: https://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 $44.25 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury. For a paper 
copy without the exhibits and signature pages, the cost is $9.25.

Randall M. Stone,
Acting Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-28136 Filed 11-22-16; 8:45 am]
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