97-359. Notice of Extension of Comment Period for Consent Order Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 5 (Wednesday, January 8, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 1130]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Extension of Comment Period for Consent Order Pursuant 
to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability 
Act

    On December 5, 1996, at 61 FR 64532, the Department of Justice 
published a notice that a proposed consent order in United States v. 
BASF Corporation, et al., Civil Action No. 96-CV-75279-DT, had been 
lodged with the United States District Court for the Eastern District 
of Michigan on November 18, 1996. The proposed consent order resolves 
certain claims alleged against 35 parties under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601 
et seq., for the United States' response costs at the Metamora Landfill 
Site in Lapeer County, Michigan.
    The Department of Justice has been requested to extend the thirty 
day comment period to permit interested parties additional time to 
review the consent decree and prepare comments. The Department of 
Justice will extend the comment period to January 21, 1997. Persons 
wishing to submit comments should follow the procedures set out in the 
Notice of Lodging on December 5, 1996, at 61 FR 64532.
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-359 Filed 1-7-97; 8:45 am]
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