Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)

In accordance with Department of Justice policy, notice is hereby

given that on July 28, 1998, a proposed Consent Decree in United States

v. Anamet, Inc., et al., Civil No. 98-2174, was lodged in the United

States District Court for the Central District of Illinois. The

Compliant filed by the United States sought to recover costs incurred

by the United States pursuant to CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., at the

Dunavan Oil Site (``Site'') in Oakwood, Vermilion County, Illinois. The

Consent Decree requires Anamet Inc., Citizens Gas and Coke Utility,

Nacco Materials Handling Group, Inc., General Electric Co., General

Motors Corp., Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co., R.R. Donnelly & Sons,

Trunkline Gas Co., UNR Industries, Walker Construction Co., Board of

Trustees of the University of Illinois, Liquid Waste Removal, and

Gurney J. Busch, Inc., to reimburse the United States in the amount of

$175,000.00 in past costs incurred by the United States in connection

with the Site.

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

days from the date of this publication comments concerning the proposed

Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney

General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of

Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, DC 20044, and

should refer to United States v. Anamet, Inc., et al., D.J. Ref. No.

90-11-2-1262.

The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at any of the following

offices: (1) The United States Attorney for the Central District of

Illinois, 201 South Vine Street, Suite 226, Urbana, IL 61801 (contact

Assistant United States Attorney David Hoff); (2) the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,

Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590 (contact Assistant Regional Counsel Jose

DeLeon); and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th

Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, 202-624-0892. Copies of the proposed

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

Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005,

telephone (202) 624-0892. For a copy of the Consent Decree please

enclose a check in the amount of $8.00 (25 cents per page reproduction

costs) payable to Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 98-21913 Filed 8-13-98; 8:45 am]

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