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, 28 CFR 50.7, 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 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

February 4, 1999, pertaining to the Yeoman Creek Landfill Superfund

Site (the ``Site''), located in Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois. The

proposed consent decree would resolve the United States's civil claims

against seven ``Settling Work Defendants'' and three ``Settling Cash

Defendants'' as provided in the consent decree. The Settling Work

Defendants are Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc.; Browning-Ferris

Industries of Illinois, Inc.; the City of Waukegan, Illinois; The

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company; The Dexter Corporation; Waukegan

Community School District No. 60; and Outboard Marine Corporation. The

Settling Cash Defendants are Fansteel, Inc.; Abbott Laboratories; and

the City of North Chicago, Illinois. The proposed consent decree also

would resolve the alleged Site-related liability of two ``Settling

Federal Agencies,'' the Department of the Navy and the Department of

Veterans Affairs.

Under the proposed consent decree, the Settling Work Defendants

would commit to perform the remedy selected in the Environmental

Protection Agency's Record of Decision for the Site, at an estimated

cost of $26.3 million. The Settling Cash Defendants and the Settling

Federal Agencies would contribute a total of $4,761,500.00 toward the

costs of that work.

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 Resources Division, United

States Department of Justice, Washington, DC 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 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, DC 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, DC 20005. In

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

Reference Number and enclose a check in the amount of $21.50 for the

consent decree only (86 pages at 25 cents per page reproduction costs),

or $77.00 for the consent decree and all appendices (308 pages), made

payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 99-3910 Filed 2-17-99; 8:45 am]

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