[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 248 (Thursday, December 27, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66933-66934]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-31780]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with 28 CFR 50.7 and section 122 of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 
42 U.S.C. 9622, the Department of Justice hereby gives notice that on 
December 13, 2001, a proposed consent decree in the consolidated 
actions United States v. International Paper Co., et al., Civil Action 
No. 01-C-693-C and International Paper Co. v. City of Tomah, WI, et 
al., Civil Action No. 00-C-539-C was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin.
    In this action, the United States, under CERCLA Section 107, seeks 
reimbursement from International Paper and the City of Tomah, Wisconsin 
of response costs incurred and to be incurred for response actions 
taken at or

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in connection with the release or threatened release of hazardous 
substances at the Tomah Municipal Sanitary Landfill site in Monroe 
County, Wisconsin (``the Site'').
    In the consolidated action, International Paper Co., under CERCLA 
Section 113(f), seeks reimbursement from the City of Tomah, Wisconsin 
and the United States Department of Veterans Affairs of certain costs 
International Paper allegedly incurred in response to the release or 
threatened release of hazardous substances at the site.
    The consent decree provides that: (1) International Paper shall 
complete the remedial action for Operable Unit 1 at the Site, commenced 
pursuant to a CERCLA Section 106, 42 U.S.C. 9606, unilateral 
administrative order issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
(``U.S. EPA'') to International Paper; (2) the City of Tomah shall pay 
$16,000 to the United States in reimbursement of the United States' 
past costs at the Site; and (3) the United States, on behalf of the 
Department of Veteran Affairs, shall pay $893,651.57 to International 
Paper to ``cash out'' the United States' liability for past and future 
costs at Operable Unit 1.
    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. International Paper Co., et al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-
1317.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, 600 West Washington, Ave., Ste. 200, Madison, WI 
53701-1585, and at U.S. EPA Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 
Chicago, IL 60604 (contact Timothy Thurlow at (312) 886-6623). 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 $24.50 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the 
Consent Decree Library.

William Brighton,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-31780 Filed 12-26-01; 8:45 am]
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