[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 5, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63255-63256]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-30156]


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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 
on November 14, 2001, a proposed consent decree in the case captioned 
Dow Chemical Co., et al. v. Acme Wrecking Co., Inc., et al., Civil 
Action Nos. C-1-97-0307, C-1-97-0308, and C-1-01-439 (S.D. Ohio), was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the Southern District 
of Ohio. The proposed

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de minimis consent decree relates to the Skinner Landfill Superfund 
Site (``Site'') in West Chester, Ohio. The proposed consent decree 
would resolve civil claims of the United States for response actions 
and for the recovery of response costs at the Site under Sections 106 
and 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9606, 9607(a), against Sealy, 
Inc., and Sealy Mattress Co. (collectively ``Sealy''), Acme Wrecking 
Co., Inc. (``Acme Wrecking''), and the David Hirschberg Co. 
(``Hirschberg''). Under the proposed consent decree: (1) Sealy would 
pay the United States $23,695, and would pay the parties that are 
performing the work at the Site (the ``Skinner Landfill Site Group'') 
$94,780; (2) Acme Wrecking would pay the United States $14,000 and 
would pay the Skinner Landfill Site Group $56,000; and (3) Hirschberg 
would pay the United States $3,800, and would pay the Skinner Landfill 
Site Group $15,200.
    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 of the Environment and Natural Resource Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to Dow 
Chemical Co. et al. v. Acme Wrecking Co., Inc. et al., Civil Action 
Nos. C-1-97-0308, and C-1-01-439 (S.D. Ohio), and DOJ Reference No. 90-
11-3-1620/2.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at: (1) the Office of 
the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, 220 
U.S.P.O. & Courthouse, 100 E. 5th St., Cincinnati, OH 45202; and (2) 
the United States Environment Protection Agency (Region 5), 77 West 
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590. Copies of the proposed 
consent decrees may be obtained by mail from the Department of Justice 
Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, D.C. 20044. In 
requesting copies, please refer to the above-referenced case and DOJ 
Reference Number and enclose a check for $10.50 (42 pages at 25 cents 
per page reproduction cost) made payable to the Consent Decree Library.

William D. Brighton,
Assistant Section Chief, Environment Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-30156 Filed 12-4-01; 8:45 am]
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