[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 104 (Monday, June 1, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 29753]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-14336]
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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 Department policy, 28 CFR 50.7, and Section 122
of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622, notice is hereby given that on May 12, 1998
a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Illinois Tool Works, Inc.
et. al., Civil Action No. 1:98CV389, was lodged with United States
District Court for the Western District of Michigan, Southern Division.
This consent decree represents a settlement of claims brought by the
United States, pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., against
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. and Slezak Enterprises Inc., for
reimbursement of response costs and injunctive relief in connection
with the Roto-Finish Superfund Site (``Site'') located in Kalamazoo
County, Michigan.
Under this settlement with the United States, Illinois Tool Works
Inc. and Slezak Enterprises, Inc. will implement the remedy for the
Site as set forth in the Record of Decision issued by the United States
Environmental Protection Agency in March 1997, and pay $723,900 in
reimbursement of response costs incurred by the United States
Environmental Protection Agency at the Site. In addition, Illinois Tool
Works Inc. and Slezak Enterprises, Inc. will pay all future costs for
this response action, including U.S. EPA's oversight costs.
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
United States v, Illinois Tool Works, Inc. et al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-
1278.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, Western District of Michigan, Southern
Division, 330 Ionia Avenue, N.W., Suite 501, Grand Rapids, MI 49503, 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., 4th 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.,
4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy, please enclose
a check in the amount of $18.00 (25 cents per page reproduction cost)
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-14336 Filed 5-29-98; 8:45 am]
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