[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 104 (Monday, June 1, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 29753]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-14336]


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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 Department policy, 28 CFR 50.7, and Section 122 
of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622, notice is hereby given that on May 12, 1998 
a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Illinois Tool Works, Inc. 
et. al., Civil Action No. 1:98CV389, was lodged with United States 
District Court for the Western District of Michigan, Southern Division. 
This consent decree represents a settlement of claims brought by the 
United States, pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., against 
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. and Slezak Enterprises Inc., for 
reimbursement of response costs and injunctive relief in connection 
with the Roto-Finish Superfund Site (``Site'') located in Kalamazoo 
County, Michigan.
    Under this settlement with the United States, Illinois Tool Works 
Inc. and Slezak Enterprises, Inc. will implement the remedy for the 
Site as set forth in the Record of Decision issued by the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency in March 1997, and pay $723,900 in 
reimbursement of response costs incurred by the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency at the Site. In addition, Illinois Tool 
Works Inc. and Slezak Enterprises, Inc. will pay all future costs for 
this response action, including U.S. EPA's oversight costs.
    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, Illinois Tool Works, Inc. et al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-
1278.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Western District of Michigan, Southern 
Division, 330 Ionia Avenue, N.W., Suite 501, Grand Rapids, MI 49503, 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 $18.00 (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. 98-14336 Filed 5-29-98; 8:45 am]
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