Pollution control; consent judgments: White Consolidated Industries, Inc., et al.,

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Federal Register: July 29, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 145)NoticesPage 40541From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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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 and consistent with 28 C.F.R. 50.7 and Section 122 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622, notice is hereby given that on July 13, 1998, a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. White Consolidated Industries, Inc. and the Town of Franklin, Wisconsin., Civil Action No. 96-C-458, was lodged with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. This consent decree represents a settlement of claims brought by the United States, pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., against White Consolidated Industries and the Town of Franklin, Wisconsin for reimbursement of response costs incurred at the Lemberger Flyash Superfund Site (``Site'') located in Manitowac County, Wisconsin.

Under this settlement with the United States, White Consolidated Industries, Inc. will pay $600,000 and the Town of Franklin, Wisconsin will pay $120,000 in reimbursement of response costs incurred by the United States at the Site.

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 Resources Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to United States v. White Consolidated Industries, Inc. and the Town of Franklin, Wisconsin, D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-712C.

The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United States Attorney, Eastern District of Wisconsin, 330 Federal Building, 517 East Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at the Region 5 Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Street, Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590, and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed Consent Decree may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $5.00 (.25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent Decree Library. Joel M. Gross, Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division.

FR Doc. 98-20260Filed7-28-98; 8:45 amBILLING CODE 4410-15-M

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