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

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

In accordance with Departmental policy, notice is hereby given that

a proposed partial consent decree in United States v. Acme Solvents

Reclaiming, Inc., et al., Case No. 89 C 7748, was lodged on November 1,

1994, with the United States District Court for the Northern District

of Illinois.

The proposed partial consent decree resolves claims of the United

States against several direct defendants and third party defendants in

United States v. Acme Solvents Reclaiming, Inc., et al., brought under

Section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,

and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., as amended, for

the recovery of past costs incurred by the United States at the Acme

Solvents Reclaiming hazardous waste site (``Acme Site'') in Winnebago

County, Illinois. Under the terms of the proposed decree, the settling

defendants will pay the United States $775,000 in settlement of the

United States' past costs claims against them.

The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30)

days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the

proposed partial consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the

Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources

Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should

refer to United States v. Acme Solvents Reclaiming, Inc., et al., DOJ

Ref. # 90-11-2-177.

The proposed partial consent decree may be examined at the Office

of the United States Attorney, 219 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago,

Illinois 60604; the Region 5 Office of the United States Environmental

Protection Agency 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois 60604; and at

the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington,

D.C. 20005, 202-624-0892. A copy of the proposed partial consent decree

may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library,

1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a

copy, please refer to the case referenced above and enclose a check in

the amount of $7.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to

the Consent Decree Library.

Bruce S. Gelber,

Acting Chief, Environment and Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 94-28219 Filed 11-15-94; 8:45 am]

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