[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 157 (Wednesday, August 15, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45828-45829]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-3996]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
Under 42 U.S.C. 9622(d)(2) and 28 C.F.R. 50.7, notice is hereby
given that on August 2, 2007, a proposed consent decree in United
States v. Waste Management of Wisconsin, Inc., Civil Action Number 07-
C-0424-C, was lodged with the United States District Court for the
Western District of Wisconsin.
The consent decree resolves claims against Waste Management of
Wisconsin, Inc. (``WMWI'') on behalf of the Environmental Protection
Agency (``EPA'') under Sections 106 and 107 of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''),
42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607, for response action to be taken and response
costs to be incurred in responding to the release and threatened
release of hazardous substances at the Hagen Farm Superfund Site
(``Site'') in Dane County, Wisconsin.
WMWI has been performing the remedial action for the Site under a
unilateral administrative order issued by EPA. Under the consent
decree, WMWI will complete performance of the Site remedy and will
reimburse the United States for response costs the United States will
incur at the Site. The consent decree also provides for disbursement to
WMWI, if specified conditions are met, of approximately $1.525 million
credited to the Site from the proceeds of a prior, separate settlement
in In re U.E. Systems, Inc., et al., No. 91-32791 (Bankr. N.D. Ind.).
The U.E. Systems settlement required that amounts recovered therein
``shall reduce the liability of the non-settling potentially
responsible parties * * * by the amount of the credit.'' The proposed
consent decree with WMWI will implement that provision of the U.E.
Systems settlement while also providing the United States with
essentially full recovery of all response costs incurred or to be
incurred by the United States in connection with the Site.
For a period of thirty (30) days from the date of this publication,
the Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the
proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and
either e-mailed to [email protected] or mailed to P.O. Box
7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should
refer to United States v. Waste Management of Wisconsin, Inc., D.J.
Ref. 90-11-2-588/1.
The Consent Decree (including all its Appendices A through N) may
be examined at the Office of the United States Attorney for the Western
District of Wisconsin, 660 W. Washington Ave., Suite 303, Madison,
Wisconsin 53701, and at the Region 5 Office of the Environmental
Protection Agency, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois 60604. During
the public comment period, the Consent Decree and all Appendices may
also be examined on the following Department of Justice Web site:
http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees. 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 No. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation
number (202) 514-1547. Please enclose a check for $22.25 for the
Consent Decree text only, or for $163.25 for the Consent Decree
including all attachments (25 cents per page reproduction costs),
payable to the U.S. Treasury, or, if by e-mail or fax, forward a check
for the appropriate amount to
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the Consent Decree Library at the stated address.
William D. Brighton,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 07-3996 Filed 8-14-07; 8:45 am]
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