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

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[Federal Register: August 11, 1997 (Volume 62, Number 154)]
[Notices]
[Page 43013-43014]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr11au97-87]

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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 July 25, 1997, three proposed
Consent Decrees in United States versus Alcan Aluminum, et al., Civil
Action No. 97-3094, were lodged with the United States District Court
for the Central District of Illinois.
    In this action, the United States sought to recover costs incurred
in conducting response activities as a result of releases or threatened
releases of hazardous substances at the Pierce Waste Oil Services Site,
located in Springfield, Illinois. The proposed settlements are set
forth in three Consent Decrees that address the liability of all
twenty-six defendants in this action, each of which has been named as a
generator of hazardous

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substances sent to the Site. Twenty-one of the 26 defendants negotiated
as a group in one settlement; four other defendants negotiated in
another settlement; and one defendant settled in an ability-to-pay
settlement. Together, these settlements will recover $1,307,280, not
including interest.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Consent
Decrees. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General
of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of
Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United States versus
Alcan Aluminum, et al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-1177.
    The Consent Decrees may be examined at the office of the United
States Attorney, Central District of Illinois, Room 312 Federal
Building, 600 East Monroe Street, Springfield, Illinois 62701, at
United States Environmental Protection Agency Region V, 77 West Jackson
Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604, and at the Consent Decree Library,
1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, (202) 624-0892. A
copy of the Consent Decrees may be obtained in person or by mail from
the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington,
DC 20005. In requesting copies of these three proposed settlements,
please enclose a check in the amount of $23.50 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-21059 Filed 8-8-97; 8:45 am]
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