32124 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 99 / Monday, May 22, 2000 / Notices

copy, please enclose a check for

reproduction costs (at 25 cents per page)

in the amount of $94.50 for the Decree,

payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section,

Environment and Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 00–12734 Filed 5–19–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–15–M

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]

BILLING CODE 4410–15–M

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to the Clean Water Act

Notice is hereby given, in accordance

with 28 CFR 50.7, that on May 11, 2000,

the United States lodged a proposed

Consent Decree with the United States

District Court for the Western District of

Wisconsin, in United States v. Enzyme

Bio-Systems, Ltd., Case No. 00–C–283–S

(W.D. Wis.), under section 309 of the

Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1319. The

proposed Consent Decree resolves

certain claims of the United States

against Enzyme Bio-Systems, arising out

of Enzyme Bio-Systems’ plant located at

2600 Kennedy Drive, Beloit, Wisconsin.

Specifically, the United States alleged

that Enzyme Bio-Systems, in violation

of section 307(d) of the Clean Water Act,

33 U.S.C. 1317(d), exceeded certain

effluent limitations set forth in its

Industrial Discharge Permit issued to

Enzyme Bio-Systems by the City of

Beloit, Wisconsin.

Under the proposed Consent Decree

Enzyme Bio-Systems will pay the

United States a $46,100 civil penalty,

Additionally, the proposed Consent

Decree provides for the implementation

of a Supplemental Environmental

Project (‘‘SEP’’) that requires

expenditures of at least $850,000. The

SEP involves Enzyme Bio-Systems:

purchasing a pretreatment plant

previously abandoned by the City of

Beloit; installing and operating a reverse

osmosis membrane treatment system

capable of treating 25,000 gallons per

day of high strength BOD; hauling the

BOD filtrate off site for application as a

soil conditioner, possible fertilizer

substitute, or other environmentally

beneficial reuse; petitioning the City to

reduce Enzyme Bio-Systems’ allowable

effluent limits set forth in its Industrial

Discharge Permit; and providing EPA

with a SEP completion report and

quarterly progress reports. This

pollution reduction/prevention SEP will

reduce the BOD load to the Beloit

POTW, reduce the use of artificial

chemical fertilizers by the potential land

application of the BOD filtrate as

fertilizer, and result in revenue to the

City of Beloit for the purchase of its

abandoned pretreatment facility.

Because the technology of the reverse

osmosis membrane system is very

innovative and carries a risk of

technological impracticability, if the

pilot studies demonstrate that the

membrane system cannot effectively

filter high strength BOD filtrate, then

Enzyme Bio-Systems can elect to pay an

optional additional civil penalty in lieu

of completing its obligations under the

SEP requirements.

The Department of Justice will accept

written comments relating to the

proposed Consent Decree for 30 days

after 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, DC 20044–7611,

and should refer to United States v.

Enzyme Bio-Systems, Ltd., Case No. 00–

C–283–S (W.D. Wis.), DOJ No. 90–5–1–

1–4504. The proposed Consent Decree

may be examined at the Office of the

United States Attorney for the Western

District of Wisconsin, Madison,

Wisconsin, and at the Region 5 Office of

the United States Environment

Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson

Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. A

copy of the proposed Consent Decree

may also be obtained by mail from the

U.S. Department of Justice, Consent

Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611,

Washington, DC 20044–7611. In

requesting a copy, please enclose a

check for reproduction costs (at 25 cents

per page), in the amount of $5.25 for the