[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 78 (Thursday, April 22, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 21862]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-9092]


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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 April 13, 2004, a proposed consent decree in the case captioned 
United States of America v. Kerr-McGee Chemical LLC, Civil Action No. 
04 C 2001 (N.D. Illinois), was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
    In this action, the United States sought recovery under section 
107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9606, 9607(a), against Kerr-McGee 
Chemical LLC (``Kerr-McGee'') for past costs incurred in connection 
with the Lindsay Light II Superfund Removal Site (``Site'') in Chicago, 
Illinois. The proposed consent decree would resolve the past cost 
claims at four of the operable units at the Site. Under the proposed 
consent decree, Kerr-McGee will pay the United States $640,000 in 
exchange for a covenant not to sue for past costs on those four 
operable units.
    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, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States of America v.  Kerr-McGee Chemical LLC, Civil Action No. 04 C 
2001 (N.D. Illinois), and DOJ Reference No. 90-11-3-1313/2.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at: (1) The Office of 
the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 219 
South Dearborn St., Chicago, IL 60604, and (2) the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency (Region 5), 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 
Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590. During the public comment period, the 
Consent Decree may also be examined on the following Department of 
Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the 
Consent Decree may also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree 
Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 
20044-7611, or by faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood 
([email protected]), fax number (202) 514-0097, phone 
confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the 
Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $6.00 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

William D. Brighton,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 04-9092 Filed 4-21-04; 8:45 am]
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