[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 3, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 54276]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-21292]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA'')

    Notice is hereby given that on August 27, 2013, a proposed consent 
decree (``proposed Decree'') in United States v. American Gage & 
Machine Co., Size Control Division, et al., C.A. No. 1:11-cv-04791, was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the Northern District 
of Illinois.
    In this action under Section 107(a) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 
9607(a) (``CERCLA''), the United States sought to recover response 
costs incurred or to be incurred by the United States as a result of 
releases and threatened releases of hazardous substances from the U.S. 
Scrap Site, an abandoned hazardous waste disposal and drum recycling 
facility located near 123rd Street and Cottage Grove Avenue in Chicago, 
Cooke County, Illinois. The proposed Decree requires the Settling 
Defendants to pay $1.71 million to the United States in reimbursement 
of past response costs.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Deputy 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
and should refer to United States v. American Gage & Machine Co., Size 
Control Division, et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-20/1. All comments must 
be submitted no later than thirty (30) days after the publication date 
of this notice. Comments may be submitted either by email or by mail:

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         To submit comments:                     Send them to:
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By e-mail............................  [email protected].
By mail..............................  Deputy Assistant Attorney
                                        General, U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O.
                                        Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-
                                        7611.
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    During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may be 
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. We will provide a paper copy 
of the Consent Decree upon written request and payment of reproduction 
costs. Please mail your request and payment to: Consent Decree Library, 
U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611.
    Please enclose a check or money order for $8.50 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Chief Management, Environmental Enforcement Section, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-21292 Filed 8-30-13; 8:45 am]
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