[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 112 (Monday, June 10, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 29426]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14472]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decrees in Action To Recover Past
Costs Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act
In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR Sec. 50.7, 38 FR
19029, notice is hereby given that two Consent Decrees in United States
v. Cassidy, et al., Civil Action No. 94-CV-71787-DT, were lodged with
the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
on May 30, 1996.
The Consent Decrees resolve claims brought by the United States
pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and
Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., against Detrex Corp., Ford Motor
Co., General Motors Corp., PVS-Nolwood Chemicals, Inc., Tronex Chemical
Co., Van Waters & Rogers, Inc., Ethone-OMI, Inc., Henkel Corp.,
Chrysler Corp., General Electric Co., and Carboloy, Inc. The complaint
alleges that the United States incurred response costs in connection
with a release or threatened release of hazardous substances from sites
operated by the ABC Barrel and Drum Company at 14290 Birwood St. and
102 W. Lantz St. in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. The complaint
alleges that the defendants were liable for such costs as persons who
arranged for the disposal of hazardous substances at the sites.
One of the Consent Decrees requires Detrex Corp., Ford Motor Co.,
General Motors Corp., PVS-Nolwood Chemicals, Inc., Van Waters & Rogers,
Inc., Ethone-OMI, Inc., Henkel Corp., Chrysler Corp., General Electric
Co., and Carboloy, Inc. to pay $2,550,000 to the EPA Hazardous
Substances Superfund to settle the claims asserted against them. Under
this Decree, the United States also covenants not to sue and provides
contribution protection to three third party defendants who settled
with the defendants for a total of $32,638: Martin Marietta Magnesia
Specialties, Inc., McKesson Corp., and Union Carbide Corp. The Decree
also restricts the contribution rights of the settling defendants and
settling third parties.
The second Consent Decree that was lodged requires Tronex Chemical
Company to pay $20,000, plus interest, in four installments to the EPA
Hazardous Substance Superfund to settle the claims asserted against it
in the Complaint.
The Department of Justice will receive for thirty (30) days from
the date of publication of this notice written comments relating to the
Consent Decrees. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of
Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to United States v.
Cassidy, et al., DOJ Ref. No. 90-11-3-1060.
The Consent Decrees may be examined at the Office of the United
States Attorney, Eastern District of Michigan, 211 W. Fort St., Suite
2300, Detroit, Michigan; at the Region V Office of the Environmental
Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois; and at the
Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington,
D.C., (202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed Consent Decrees 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 refer to the referenced case and enclose a check payable to the
Consent Decree Library in the amount of $10.75 ($.25 cents per page
reproduction costs) for the Consent Decree requiring the $2,550,000
payment, and/or, $5.75 for the Consent Decree involving Tronex Chemical
Company. Please specify precisely which Decree is being requested.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-14472 Filed 6-7-96; 8:45 am]
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