US v. Illinois Tool Works, Inc: The proposed Consent Decree would resolve CERCLA claims and certain other related claims concerning Site 14 of the Miscellaneous Areas Operable Unit (OU08) at the Crab
Orchard National Wildlife Refuge Superfund Site near Marion, Illinois. The total response costs for Site 14 are roughly $5.8 million, including about $3.66 million spent by Illinois Tool Works (ITW) and about $2.15 million spent by the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) and the U.S. EPA. The settlement requireS ITW to pay an additional $78,617, including $62,739 being paid into the DOI Central Hazardous Materials Fund and $15,878 being paid into the EPA Superfund. No prior payments have been made on account of the alleged CERCLA liability of the Department of the Army and DOI (Settling Federal Agencies). Under this settlement, the United States would pay $1,677,549 on behalf of the Settling Federal Agencies, including $1,338,745 being paid into the DOI Central Hazardous Materials Fund and $338,804 being paid into the EPA Superfund.
Pursuant to Section XXV of the Consent Decree, the Parties have agreed to this First Amendment to Consent Decree to incorporate the ROD Amendment and the related Scope of Work, and to provide for certain procedures and activities not previously contemplated by the Parties under the Consent Decree. This concerns the PCB areas operable unit of the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge is a federal facility currently owned and operated