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Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th

Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In

requesting a copy exclusive of exhibits

and signatures, please enclose a check

in the amount of $22.50 (25 cents per

page reproduction cost) payable to the

Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section,

Environment and Natural Resources Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to the Clean Water Act

In accordance with Departmental

policy and 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby

given that on May 8, 1998, a consent

decree was lodged in United States v.

Hudson Foods, Inc., Civil Action No.

CCB–98–1468, with the United States

District Court for the District of

Maryland.

This consent decree resolves claims

against Hudson Foods, Inc., brought

pursuant to sections 309 (b) and (d) of

the Clean Water Act (the ‘‘Act’’), 33

U.S.C. 1319 (b) and (d), alleging

violations of effluent limits, monitoring

and sampling requirements, and

notification requirements contained in

the National Pollution Discharge

Elimination System (‘‘NPDES’’) permit

issued for Hudson Foods’ poultry

processing facility in Berlin, Maryland.

The proposed consent decree requires

Hudson to pay a civil penalty of

$4,000,000 and to perform five

Supplemental Environmental Projects

(‘‘SEPs’’) to reduce nutrient loading to

receiving waters. These SEPs include

the installation of denitrification

equipment, the use of phytase enzymes

and alum to reduce nutrient loading

from chicken litter, the construction of

litter storage sheds, and the funding of

personnel and equipment to assist

poultry growers in preparing and

implementing written site specific

nutrient management plans. The SEPs

are estimated to cost a total of

$2,000,000.

The Department of Justice will receive

comments relating to the proposed

consent decree for a period of thirty

days from the date of publication of this

notice. Comments should be addressed

to the Assistant Attorney General,

Environment and Natural Resources

Division, Department of Justice,

Washington, D.C. 20530, and should

refer to United States v. Hudson Foods,

Inc., DOJ Ref. No. 90–5–1–1–4416. The

proposed Consent Decree may be

examined at the office of the United

States Attorney, District of Maryland,

604 United States Courthouse, 101 W.

Lombard Street, Baltimore, Maryland.

Copies of the Consent Decree may also

be examined and obtained by mail at the

Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street,

N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C.

20005 (202–624–0892) and the offices of

the Environmental Protection Agency,

Region III, 841 Chestnut Building,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107.

When requesting a copy by mail, please

enclose a check in the amount of $13.50

(twenty-five cents per page reproduction

costs), payable to the ‘‘Consent Decree

Library.’’

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section,

Environment and Natural Resources Division.

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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 Department

policy, 28 CFR 50.7, and Section 122 of

CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622, notice is

hereby given that on May 12, 1998 a

proposed Consent Decree in United

States v. Illinois Tool Works, Inc. et. al.,

Civil Action No. 1:98CV389, was lodged

with United States District Court for the

Western District of Michigan, Southern

Division. 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

Illinois Tool Works, Inc. and Slezak

Enterprises Inc., for reimbursement of

response costs and injunctive relief in

connection with the Roto-Finish

Superfund Site (‘‘Site’’) located in

Kalamazoo County, Michigan.

Under this settlement with the United

States, Illinois Tool Works Inc. and

Slezak Enterprises, Inc. will implement

the remedy for the Site as set forth in

the Record of Decision issued by the

United States Environmental Protection

Agency in March 1997, and pay

$723,900 in reimbursement of response

costs incurred by the United States

Environmental Protection Agency at the

Site. In addition, Illinois Tool Works

Inc. and Slezak Enterprises, Inc. will

pay all future costs for this response

action, including U.S. EPA’s oversight

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 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, Illinois Tool

Works, Inc. et al., D.J. Ref. 90–11–2–

1278.

The proposed Consent Decree may be

examined at the Office of the United

States Attorney, Western District of

Michigan, Southern Division, 330 Ionia

Avenue, N.W., Suite 501, Grand Rapids,

MI 49503, 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 $18.00 (25 cents per page

reproduction cost) payable to the

Consent Decree Library.

Bruce Gelber,

Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement

Section, Environment and Natural Resources

Division.

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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 Section 122(d) of

the Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9622(d), and

the policy of the United States

Department of Justice, as provided in 28

CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on

May 15, 1998, a proposed Second

Consent Decree in United States v. City

of Jacksonville, Florida, et al., Civ. No.

C–92–133–CIV–J–16, was lodged with

the United States District Court for the

Middle District of Florida. This Second

Consent Decree concerns the Picketville

Road Landfill Superfund Site in

Jacksonville, Florida. The 52-acre Site is

a former City landfill used for disposal

of residential, industrial and

commercial wastes, including solid and

liquid hazardous wastes.

On April 22, 1992, the Court in this

action entered a First Consent Decree

under which sixteen potentially

responsible parties agreed to partially

reimburse the United States for its past
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response costs and to implement the

permanent remedy selected by EPA for

remediation of contaminated

groundwater, surface water and

sediments, and soils.

Under the proposed Second Consent

Decree, ten new defendants have agreed

to pay the United States $150,000 in

partial reimbursement of its outstanding

past response costs.

The Department of Justice will

receive, for a period of thirty (30) days

from the date of this publication,

comments concerning the proposed

Second Consent Decree. Comments

should be addressed to the Assistant

Attorney General, Environment and

Natural Resources Division, U.S.

Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611,

Washington, D.C. 20044, and should

refer to United States v. City of

Jacksonville, Florida, et al., D.J. Ref. 90–

11–3–725.

The proposed Second Consent Decree

may be examined at any of the following

offices: (1) the Office of the United

States Attorney for the Middle District

of Florida, 200 W. Forsyth Street, Ste.

700, Jacksonville, Florida 32201; (2) the

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, S.W.,

Atlanta, Georgia; and (3) the Consent

Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th

Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005

(telephone (202) 624–0892).

A copy of the proposed Second

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. 2005. Please

refer to the referenced case. The cost for

a copy of the Decree is $8.00 (based on

a photocopying charge of $0.25 per

page): All checks should be made

payable to ‘‘Consent Decree Library.’’

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section,

Environment and Natural Resources Division.

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Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Under the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act

Notice is hereby given that on May 1,

1998, a proposed Consent Decree in

United States v. Helen Kramer et al.,

Civil Action 89–4340 (JBS), was lodged

with the United States District Court for

the District of New Jersey.

In this action, brought pursuant to

Section 107(a) of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act, 42

U.S.C. 9601 et seq. (‘‘CERCLA’’), the

United States sought reimbursement of

costs incurred for actions taken at the

Helen Kramer Site in Mantua, New

Jersey in response to the release or

threat of release of hazardous substances

at this former landfill site from the

following parties: American National

Can Company, American Cyanamid

Company, Incorporated, Atochem, Inc.,

Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc., the City of

Philadelphia, Carpenter Steel Company,

Inc., Cole Office Environments Division

of Joyce International, Continental Can

Company, E.I. DuPont De Nemours, &

Company, Inc., G&S Company, Inc.,

General Metalcraft, Incorporated, The

Gilbert Spruance Paint Company, Globe

Disposal Company, Inc., Thomas Gola,

ICI Americas, Incorporated, Marvin

Jonas, Marvin Jonas, Incorporated,

Helen Kramer, Lehigh Press, Inc., Rick

A. Licciardello d/b/a Licciardello

Sanitation Company, Albert J. Mitchell

d/b/a Mitchell Waste Removal,

Monsanto Company, Incorporated,

Morton International, Inc., Nabisco, Inc.,

N.L. Industries, Incorporated, NVF

Company, Incorporated, Olin

Corporation, Portfolio One, Inc.

(including its parent companies Manor

Care, Inc. and Manorcare Health

Services, Inc.), Rohm & Haas Company,

Incorporated, Unisys Corporation, and

W.R. Grace & Co.—Conn. All these

defendents are signatories to the

Consent Decree resolving this case,

together with over two hundred

additional parties who were joined in

this case as third-party defendants

(collectively ‘‘Settling Defendants’’).

The Helen Kramer Landfill is located

approximately fifteen miles south of

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and

Camden, New Jersey. From

approximately 1963 until 1981, the Site

was used for the disposal of millions of

gallons of chemical, industrial, septic,

hospital and municipal wastes. The

State of New Jersey revoked the

landfill’s registration in early 1981, and

on March 3, 1981, a New Jersey state

court ordered the landfill to cease

operations.

EPA conducted a Remedial

Investigation and Feasibility Study (‘‘RI/

FS’’) from July 1983 until September

1985 to investigate the nature and extent

of contamination at the Site. A wide

variety of hazardous chemicals were

detected in the soil, surface waters and

groundwaters at the Site, including

dichloro- and trichloro-ethanes and

ethenes, benzene, toluene, xylenes,

ketones, and phenols, as well as high

levels of inorganic chemicals. On

September 8, 1983, EPA placed the Site

on the National Priorities List, 40 CFR

part 300, Appendix B. On September 27,

1985, EPA selected a remedy for the

contamination at the Site which

included a clay cap, upgradient and

downgradient slurry walls, a

groundwater/leachate collection and

treatment system, a gas venting and

treatment system, surface water

controls, and monitoring. The remedy

has been completed and in full

operation since May 13, 1993.

The Consent Decree provides that the

Settling Defendants will pay $95 million

over a five year period to the United

States, toward total costs incurred by

the United States of approximately $123

million, including enforcement costs

and pre-judgment interest. A subset of

the Settling Defendants (Rohm & Haas

Company, E.I. DuPont De Nemours &

Co., Elf-Atochem North America, Inc.,

Cytec Industries (on behalf of American

Cyanamid Company), Mobil Research

and Development Corporation,

Chemical Leaman Tank Lines,

Continental Can, and Carpenter

Technology) also will perform any

studies needed by EPA to perform its

five-year reviews of the effectiveness of

the remedy selected and constructed for

the Site. The Consent Decree also

provides a full release by the Settling

Defendants to the United States,

including all its departments and

agencies. Settling Defendants also agree

to waive all claims arising out of the

Site against all other settling parties.

Under two parallel Consent Decrees

with the State of New Jersey, Settling

Defendants have taken over the

operation and maintenance of the Site

and have agreed to purchase wetlands

commensurate with those lost at the

Kramer Site, to be conveyed to the town

of West Deptford in satisfaction of the

State’s natural resource damages claims.

The proposed federal Consent Decree is

conditioned upon Settling Defendants’

performance of their obligations under

the State Consent Decrees, and resolves

natural resource damages claims at the

Site on behalf of the Department of the

Interior and the National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration, based

upon the Settling Defendants’ natural

resource damages settlement with the

State.

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. Helen Kramer

et al., D.J. Ref. 90–11–2–433A.

The Consent Decree may be examined

at the Office of the United States