[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 138 (Wednesday, July 19, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41053-41054]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-6344]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that on July 12, 2006, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. NL Industries, Inc., et al., Civil Action 
No. 91-00578-JLF, was lodged with the United States District Court for 
the Southern District of Illinois. The Consent Decree resolves claims 
of the United States under Sections 106 and 107 of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Recovery Act (``CERCLA''), 42 
U.S.C. 9606 and 9607, against Ace Scrap Metal Processors, Inc. 
(``Settling Defendant''), in connection with the NL Industries/Taracorp 
Superfund Site located in Granite City, Madison, and Venice, Illinois.
    Under the proposed settlement, Settling Defendant will pay $580,000 
of U.S. EPA's past costs incurred at the Site, and a civil penalty of 
$20,000 for failure to comply with a unilateral administrative order 
issued by U.S. EPA.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Consent 
Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. NL Industries, Inc., et al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-608A.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Nine Executive Drive, Suite 300, Fairview Heights, 
Illinois 62208, and at U.S. EPA Region V, 77 West Jackson Blvd., 
Chicago, IL 60604. During the public comments 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

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faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood 
([email protected]), fax no. (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 $6.25 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

William D. Brighton,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 06-6344 Filed 7-18-06; 8:45 am]
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