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(‘‘Commonwealth Edison’’), was lodged 

with the United States District Court for 

the Northern District of Illinois. 

In Commonwealth Edison, the United 

States is seeking recovery of 

approximately $4.5 million in response 

costs incurred in connection with a 

removal action in 2002 at the Johns 

Manville Superfund Site, Site 2 (the 

‘‘Site’’), in Waukegan, Illinois. The 

proposed Consent Decree involves the 

four defendants in the case—the 

Commonwealth Edison Company; Johns 

Manville; Midwest Generation, LLC; 

and the City of Waukegan (collectively, 

the ‘‘Settling Defendants’’)—as well as 

the Department of Defense (‘‘DOD’’). 

Under the proposed Consent Decree, the 

Settling Defendants would pay $3.014 

million, and DOD would pay $741,000. 

In exchange, the Settling Defendants 

would receive contribution protection 

and a covenant by the United States not 

to sue them for response costs incurred 

in connection with the Site. DOD would 

receive contribution protection and a 

covenant by the United States 

Environmental Protection Agency not to 

take administrative action against it for 

response costs incurred in connection 

with the Site. 

For a period of 30 days from the date 

of this publication, the Department of 

Justice will receive comments relating to 

the proposed Consent Decree. 

Comments should either be addressed to 

the Assistant Attorney General, 

Environment and Natural Resources 

Division, and should refer to United 

States v. Commonwealth Edison Co., et 

al., D.J. Ref. 90–11–3–08425. Comments 

should either be e-mailed to 

pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov or 

mailed to P.O. Box 7611, Washington, 

DC 20044–7611. 

The proposed Consent Decree may be 

examined at the Office of the United 

States Attorney, 219 South Dearborn 

Street, Chicago, IL 60604–1700, and at 

the U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson 

Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604–3590. 

During the public comment period, the 

proposed Consent Decree may also be 

examined on the following Department 

of Justice Web site: http:// 

www.usdoj.gov/enrd/ 

Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the 

proposed 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 e-mailing or faxing a 

request to Tonia Fleetwood 

(tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov, fax number 

(202) 514–0097, phone confirmation 

number (202) 514–1547). In requesting a 

copy from the Consent Decree Library, 

please enclose a check in the amount of 

$6.25 (25 cents per page reproduction 

cost) payable to the United States 

Treasury. If a request for a copy of the 

proposed Consent Decree is made by fax 

or e-mail, please forward a check in the 

aforementioned amount to the Consent 

Decree Library at the address noted 

above. 

William Brighton, 

Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement 

Section, Environment and Natural Resources 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 07–3737 Filed 7–31–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree 

Pursuant To the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response 

Compensation and Liability Act 

Notice is hereby given that a proposed 

consent decree in United States v. 

Delavan, Inc., Civil Action No. 07–331, 

was lodged on July 25, 2007 with the 

United States District Court of the 

Southern District of Iowa. The United 

States filed this action pursuant to the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation and Liability 

Act seeking clean up of groundwater 

contamination and recovery of costs 

incurred at the Southern Plume of the 

Railroad Avenue Site in West Des 

Moines, Iowa. 

The Consent Decree resolves the 

United States’ claims by requiring the 

defendant Delavan, Inc. to perform the 

clean up, at a cost of approximately 

$500,000 and to reimburse the United 

States for its future costs. 

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 

address to the Assistant Attorney 

General, Environment and Natural 

Resources Division, and either e-mailed 

to pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov or 

mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20044–7611, and should refer to United 

States v. Delavan, Inc., DOJ Ref. #90–

11–2–09081. 

The proposed consent decree may be 

examined at the office of the United 

States Attorney, U.S. Courthouse 

Annex, Suite #286, 110 East Court 

Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50309–2053, 

and at the Region VII Office of the 

Environmental Protection Agency, 901 

N. 5th Street, Kansas City, KS 66101. 

During the public comment period, the 

proposed consent decree may also be 

examined on the Department of Justice 

Web site, at http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/ 

Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the 

proposed 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 

(tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), fax number 

(202) 514–0097, phone confirmation 

number (202) 514–1547. In requesting a 

copy from the Consent Decree Library, 

please enclose a check in the amount of 

$32.65 (or $11.00, for a copy that omits 

the exhibits and signature pages) (25 

cents per page reproduction cost) 

payable to the U.S. Treasury or, if by email or fax, forward a check in that 

amount to the Consent Decree Library at 

the stated address. 

W. Benjamin Fisherow, 

Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement 

Section, Environment and Natural Resources 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 07–3750 Filed 7–31–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–15–M 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of the Consent 

Decree Under the Pipeline Safety Act 

Notice is hereby given that on July 26, 

2007, a proposed Consent Decree in 

United States v. El Paso Natural Gas Co. 

(‘‘EPNG’’), Civil Action No. 1:07–cv–

715, was lodged with the United States 

Court for the District of New Mexico. 

The proposed Consent Decree 

resolves EPNG’s violations of specific 

regulations promulgated under the 

Pipeline Safety Act, 49 U.S.C. section 

60120. The Complaint filed 

concurrently with the Consent Decree 

alleges the following violations by 

EPNG: Violation of 49 CFR 192.475 by 

transporting corrosive gas on Pipelines 

1103 and 1107; violation of 49 CFR 

192.477 by failing to monitor the lines 

when corrosive gas is being transported 

on lines 1107 and 1103; and violation of 

49 CFR 192.453 by failing to have 

personnel qualified in corrosion control 

methods. Under the terms of the 

Consent Decree, EPNG will pay a $15.5 

million penalty, and implement 

injunctive relief on its 10,000 miles of 

pipeline system valued to cost at least 

$86 million. EPNG agrees to, among 

other things, modify its pipelines to 

enable in-line inspection tools to be 

used on its system; conduct sampling, 

monitoring, and inspections on its 

system; and provide training for its 

corrosion control specialists and 

corrosion engineers. 

The Department of Justice will receive 

for a period of thirty (30) days from the 

date of this publication comments 


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