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 and Section 122 of the

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622, the Department of Justice gives notice

that a proposed partial consent decree in United States v. USX Corp.,

et al., Civil No. 98 C 6389 (N.D. Ill.), was lodged with the United

States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on April 7,

1999, pertaining to the Yeoman Creek Landfill Superfund Site, located

in Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois. The proposed partial consent decree

would resolve the United States's civil claims against ten de minimis

defendants named in the action as provided in the consent decree. The

settling defendants are Akzo Nobel Coatings, Inc. (successor to

Reliance Universal, Inc.); Babson Bros. Co. (on behalf of Pfanstiehl

Detergent Chemicals, Inc.); Commonwealth Edison Company; F.K. Pattern &

Foundry, Inc.; Kmart Corporation; North Shore Gas Company; Pfanstiehl

Corporation (f/k/a Pfanstiehl Chemical Corporation); Pfanstiehl

Laboratories, Inc.; Sears, Roebuck and Co.; and Waste Management of

Illinois, Inc. (successor to Ace Scavenger Service, Inc.) and Waste

Management of Wisconsin,Inc. (f/k/a Acme Disposal Service Corp. and

successor to City Disposal Corporation, f/k/a City Disposal Service,

Inc.). Under the proposed consent decree, the ten settling defendants

would pay a total of $290,000,00.

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

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

proposed consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant

Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resource Division, United

States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer

to United States v. USX Corp., et al., Civil No. 98 C 6389 (N.D. Ill.),

and DOJ Reference No. 90-11-2-1315/1.

The proposed consent decree may be examined at: (1) the Office of

the United States Attorney for the Northern District

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of Illinois, 219 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60604; (2) the United

States Environmental Protection Agency (Region 5), 77 West Jackson

Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590 (contact Stuart Hersh (312-886-

6235)); and (3) the U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and Natural

Resources Division Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 3rd

Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005 (202-624-0892). A copy of the proposed

consent decree may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent

Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005.

In requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced case and DOJ

Reference Number and enclose a check in the amount of $9.00 for the

consent decree only (36 pages at 25 cents per page reproduction costs),

or $9.75 for the consent decree and all appendices (39 pages), made

payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 99-10065 Filed 4-21-99; 8:45 am]

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