[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 127 (Friday, July 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 36042]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-16909]
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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 CFR 50.7, and Section
111 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622, notice is hereby given that on June 11,
1999, a proposed De Minimis Consent Decree in United States v. BASF
Corporation, successor to Cook Paint and Varnish Company., Civil Action
No. 99-72978, was lodged with the United States District Court for the
Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division. This consent decree
represents a settlement of claims of the United States against BASF
Corporation for reimbursement of response costs and injunctive relief
in connection with the Metamora Landfill Superfund Site (``Site'')
pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and
Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.
Under this settlement with the United States, BASF Corporation,
successor to Cook Paint and Varnish Company, will pay $487,206 in
reimbursement of response costs incurred by the United States
Environmental Protection Agency at 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
United States v. BASF Corporation., D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-289/3.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, Eastern District of Michigan, Southern
Division, 211 West Fort Street, Suite 2300, Detroit, MI 48226, at the
Region 5 Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson
Street, Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590. and at the Consent Decree
Library, 120 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, please enclose
a check in the amount of $5.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost)
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel Gross,
Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-16909 Filed 7-1-99; 8:45 am]
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