[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 215 (Friday, November 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 60022]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29708]
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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 Departmental policy, 28 C.F.R. 50.7, and Section
122 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C Sec. 9622, notice is hereby given that on
October 8, 1998, a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Archer-
Daniels-Midland Company, et al., Civ. Action No. 198CV 2302 was lodged
with the United States District Court for the Northern District of
Ohio. This Consent Decree represents a settlement of claims of the
United States against: (1) Archer-Daniels-Midland Company; (2) Ashland
Chemical Company; (3) Baltimore-Ennis Land Company, Inc. (formerly
known as Gibson-Homans); (4) Brookside Auto Parts; (5) Lincoln Electric
Company; (6) Technical Products, Inc.; and (7) Warner G. Smith
(collectively ``Settling Defendants''), for reimbursement of response
costs in connection with the Ohio Drum Reconditioning Superfund Site
(``Site'') pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 96-01 et
seq.
Under this settlement with the United States, Settling Defendants
will pay $100,000, plus interest, in reimbursement of response costs
incurred by the United States at the Site. In addition, Settling
Defendants will finance and perform the removal action at a portion of
the Site.
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 the
United States v. Archer-Daniels-Midland Company, et al., D.J. Ref. 90-
11-2-1300.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, 1800 Bank One Center, 600 Superior Ave., East
Cleveland, Ohio 44114, 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., 3rd
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., 3rd Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005.
In requesting a copy of the Consent Decree, please enclose a check
payable to the Consent Decree Library in the amount of $11.75 (25 cents
per page reproduction cost) for a copy of the Consent Decree without
attachments or $22.75 for a copy of the Consent Decree with
attachments.
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-29708 Filed 11-5-98; 8:45 am]
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