[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 99 (Monday, May 22, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 32124]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-12733]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice if hereby given that on May 3, 2000, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. Cedar Wood Apartments, Inc. et al, Civil 
Action No. 00-C-2451, was lodged with the United States District Court 
for the Northern District of Illinois.
    This consent decree represents a settlement of claims brought 
against the following twenty-four defendants under section 107 of 
CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607, for the recovery of costs incurred by the 
United States in responding to the release or threatened release of 
hazardous substances at and from the Tri-County/Elgin Landfill 
Superfund Site in Elgin, Illinois: Cedar Woods Apartments, Inc.; 
Clarence Davids & Company; Eaton's Red Wood Inn; Elgin Academy; Elgin 
Public School District 46; Elgin Rehabilitation Center; Elgin Turners; 
The Famous Chili Pub, Ltd.; Genoa-Kingston Community Unit School 
District #424; Golf Rose Animal Hospital; Hamphire Grade School and 
Hampshire High School (Community Unit School District 300); Hiawatha 
Public School; Jewel Food Stores; Judson College; Olde Towne Animal 
Hospital; Pal Joey's Restaurant and Lounge; Rand Grove Partnership, an 
Illinois Partnership (owner and operator of Rand Grove Village 
Apartments); Red Lobster Inns of America, Inc. (n/k/a/ GMRI, Inc.), a 
Florida Corporation; West Chicago School District #33; St. Joseph 
Hospital; Town & Country Gardens; Vavrus & Associates; Village of Carol 
Stream; and Village Squire.
    The United States Postal Service is also a party to the proposed 
Consent Decree. Through the Consent Decree, the United States Postal 
Service would resolve potential contribution claims that may be 
asserted against the United States due to alleged liability on behalf 
of the United States Postal Service.
    Under the proposed settlement, the defendants and the United States 
Postal Service will collectively pay $168,069.42.
    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. Cedar Wood Apartments, Inc. et al, D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-
1088/2.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the United 
States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson 
Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois. 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. In requesting a copy, 
please enclose a check in the amount of $13.00 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost, 52 pages) payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 00-12733 Filed 5-19-00; 8:45 am]
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