[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 33 (Thursday, February 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 8475]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-4123]


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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 February 
5, 1998, a proposed De Minimis Consent Decree in United States v. Imlay 
City, et al., Civil Action No. 98-70520, 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 Imlay City, Lapeer County Road Commission, Oxford 
Township, Village of Dryden, Village of Leonard, Addison Township, 
Village of Oxford, Village of Metamora, Lapeer Intermediate School 
District, a/k/a Lapeer Vocational Technical Institute, 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, Imlay City, Lapeer 
County Road Commission, Oxford Township, Village of Dryden, Village of 
Leonard, Addison Township, and Village of Oxford, will pay $2,616, the 
Village of Metamora will pay $7,358, and Lapeer Intermediate School, a/
k/a Lapeer Vocational Technical Institute will pay $1,219, in 
reimbursement of response costs incurred by the 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. Imlay City, et al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-289M.
    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 $7.50 (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. 98-4123 Filed 2-18-98; 8:45 am]
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