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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: July 12, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 133)]
[Notices]
[Page 39363-39364]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr12jy06-100]

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

    In accordance with Department of Justice policy, notice is hereby 
given that on June 28, 2006, a proposed consent decree (``Consent 
Decree'') in United States v. Glen Ekberg, Civil Action No. 01 C 50457, 
was lodged with the United States District Court for the Northern 
District of Illinois, Western Division.
    The Consent Decree would resolve claims for unreimbursed past 
response costs, and for future costs to be incurred by the United 
States related to response activities concerning Source Area 7 at the 
Southeast Rockford Groundwater Contamination Superfund Site (``Site'') 
in the city of Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois. Under the Consent 
Decree, Defendant Glen Ekberg would pay a total of $1,231,125 toward 
the unreimbursed response costs. The Consent Decree would also require 
the Defendant to provide access to his property at the Site for the 
construction and implementation of the remedy, and to record an 
easement imposing land use and water use restrictions on portions of 
his property.
    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 
of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of 
Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. Glen Ekberg, Civil Action No. 01 C 50457, D.J. Ref. 
90-11-3-945/1.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, 308 W. State Street, Suite 300, Rockford, Illinois, 
and at the office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 
5, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois. 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/open.html. 
Exit Disclaimer 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 (tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), 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 $53.50 
(214 pages at 25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. 
Treasury. For a copy of the Consent Decree alone, without appendices, 
please enclose a check in the amount of $8.25 (33 pages at 25 cents per 
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reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

William D. Brighton,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 06-6156 Filed 7-11-06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4410-15-M

 
 

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