[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 142 (Friday, July 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 39892]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-19733]
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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. 9622, notice is hereby given that on June 30,
1998, a proposed De Minimis Consent Decree in United States v.
Arkwright, Inc., Civil Action No. 96-CV-75795, 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 Arkwright, Inc. 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, Arkwright, Inc. will
pay a total of $793,431 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. Arkwright, Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-289E.
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, 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 $4.75 (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. 98-19733 Filed 7-23-98; 8:45 am]
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