[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 146 (Thursday, July 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 40735]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20401]
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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
122 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622, notice is hereby given that on July 10,
1998, a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Akzo Coatings,
Inc., et al., Civ. Action No. 98-72934 was lodged with the United
States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. This
Consent Decree represents a settlement of claims of the United States
against: (1) Akzo Coatings, Inc.; (2) Chrysler Corporation; (3) Detrex
Corporation; (4) Federal Screw Works; (5) Ford Motor Company; (6)
General Motors Corporation; (7) Great Lakes Division of National Steel
Corporation; (8) HNA Holdings, Inc. (formerly known as Hoechst Celanese
Corporation); (9) TRW Inc.; and (10) Michelin North America (successor
to Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Company) (collectively ``Settling
Defendants''), for reimbursement of response costs and injunctive
relief in connection with the Springfield Township 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, Settling Defendants,
will pay $1,551,510.72, plus interest, in reimbursement of response
costs incurred by the United States at the Site. In addition, Settling
Defendants will continue to operate the ground water extraction and
treatment system that they currently are operating at the Site pursuant
to a Unilateral Administrative Order. Settling Defendants will also
design and implement the response action selected in the Amended Record
of Decision that will address contaminated soils 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. Akzo Coatings, Inc., et al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-222B.
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 of the Consent
Decree, please enclose a check payable to the Consent Decree Library in
the amount of $25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) for a copy of
the Consent Decree without attachments or $191.50 for a copy of the
Consent Decree with attachments.
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-20401 Filed 7-29-98; 8:45 am]
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