Pollution control; consent judgments: Rockford, IL, City of,

[Federal Register: November 19, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 223)]

[Notices]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Amended Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act

Notice is hereby given that on October 30, 1998, the United States lodged a proposed amended consent decree, with the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, in United States, et al. v. the City of Rockford, Illinois, Civil No. 98C 50026, under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq. The Amended Consent Decree resolves certain claims of the United States and the State of Illinois against the City of Rockford, Illinois, under Sections 106(a) and 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606(a) and 9607(a) at the Southeast Rockford Groundwater Contamination (``Site'') located in Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois. Under the proposed Amended Consent Decree, the City of Rockford reaffirms the term and provisions of the original Consent Decree entered by the Court on or about April 9, 1998 (to perform the remedial action selected by U.S. EPA in its September 30, 1995, Record of Decision), and the Plaintiffs will be paid approximately $14.7 million. The Amended Consent Decree resolves claims of Plaintiffs against the City of Rockford, as set forth in the Amended Consent Decree, and resolves potential claims the Plaintiffs may have against the Covenant Beneficiaries, as set forth in the Amended Consent Decree. The City of Rockford and Covenant Beneficiaries will receive the covenants not to sue and contribution protection specified in the Amended Consent Decree. The Department of Justice also provides Notice that under section 7003(d) of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 6973(d), the public may request an opportunity for a public meeting at which time they may offer comment.

The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the proposed Consent Decree for 30 days following publication of this Notice. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, D.C. 20044- 7611, and should refer to United States, et al. v. The City of Rockford, Illinois, (Civil No. 98C 50026, N.D. Ill.), D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-945. The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, Western Division, Rockford, Illinois; the Region V Office of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20005, telephone No. (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., 3rd Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check for reproduction costs (at 25 cents per page) in the amount of $13.75 for the Decree, payable to the Consent Decree Library. Bruce S. Gelber, Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 98-30969Filed11-18-98; 8:45 am]

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