[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 134 (Thursday, July 13, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 36163]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-17177]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act
In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 C.F.R. 50.7, notice is
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. Lacks
Industries, Inc., Case No. G87-413CA, was lodged on with the United
States District Court for the Western District of Michigan on June 29,
1995. The proposed consent decree resolves civil claims brought against
Lacks Industries, Inc. (``Lacks'') under the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq., relating to a
Saranac, Michigan facility owned and operated by Lacks. The decree
requires Lacks: (1) to cease treatment or disposal of additional
hazardous waste at its Saranac facility except in accordance with
applicable standards for hazardous waste generators and treatment,
storage or disposal facilities; (2) to close hazardous waste management
units at its Saranac facility in accordance with a closure plan
approved by Michigan Department of Natural Resources (``MDNR''), and to
provide post-closure care if waste residues are not completely removed
or decontaminated as part of the closure process; (3) to provide
financial assurances for closure and post-closure care of the Saranac
facility; (4) to comply with liability coverage requirements for sudden
and non-sudden occurences at the Saranac facility, in accordance with
specified regulations; (5) to install and maintain a groundwater
monitoring system at the Saranac facility and monitor groundwater in
accordance with a groundwater quality assessment plan approved by MDNR
and other applicable requirements; (6) to initiate corrective action at
the Saranac facility by performing a RCRA Facility Investigation and
Corrective Measures Study in accordance with work plans approved by
U.S. EPA; and (7) to pay a $250,000 civil penalty previously assessed
by the court in the above-referenced civil action against Lacks. The
consent decree specifically reserves the right of the United States to
assert additional claims to require Lacks to perform any corrective
action measures which U.S. EPA selects following completion of the RCRA
Facility Investigation and Corrective Measures Study.
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 for the Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to
United States v. Lacks Industries, Inc., Case No. G87-413CA and the
Department of Justice Reference No. 90-7-1-360.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, Western District of Michigan, 399 Federal
Building, 110 Michigan St. NW, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and at U.S. EPA
Region 5, Office of Regional Counsel, 200 West Adams, Chicago,
Illinois; 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 refer to the referenced case and enclose a
check in the amount of $17.75 (25 cents per page reproduction costs),
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources
Division.
[FR Doc. 95-17177 Filed 7-12-95; 8:45 am]
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