[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 78 (Monday, April 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 20477]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-9906]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Eleventh Consent Decree in United States v. 
Nalco Chemical Company, et al., Under the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed eleventh Consent Decree in 
United States v. Nalco Chemical Company, et al., Case No. 91-C-4482 
(N.D. Ill.) entered into by the United States on behalf of U.S. EPA and 
Raco, Inc. was lodged on April 9, 2001 with the United States District 
Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The proposed Consent 
Decree resolves certain claims of the United States against Raco, Inc. 
under the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and 
Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq. relating to the Byron Salvage 
Superfund Site in Ogle County, Illinois. This Consent Decree is a past 
costs only settlement and provides for Raco, Inc. to pay $122,866 to 
the Hazardous Substances Superfund.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Decree for 30 days following the publication of this 
Notice. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General 
of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of 
Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, DC 20044, and 
should refer to United States v. Nalco Chemical Company, et al., D.J. 
Ref. No. 90-11-3-687. The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at 
the Office of the United States Attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois, 219 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, Illinois 60604; and the Region 
V Office of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West 
Jackson Street, Chicago, Illinois 60604. A copy of the Consent Decree 
may also be obtained by request addressed to the Department of Justice 
Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, 
Washington, DC 20044. In requesting a copy of the Consent Decree, 
please enclose a check in the amount of $5.00 (25 cents per page for 
reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.

William D. Brighton,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 01-9906 Filed 4-20-01; 8:45 am]
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