Notice of Lodging of Consent Order Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act; Berlin and Farro Liquid Incineration, Inc.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Order Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act; Berlin and

Farro Liquid Incineration, Inc.

In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is

hereby given that a proposed consent order in United States v. Berlin

and Farro Liquid Incineration, Inc., Civil Action No. 84-CV-8473-FL,

and United States v. Amway Corp., Civil Action No. 89-CV-40290-FL, has

been lodged with the United States District Court for the Eastern

District of Michigan on September 29, 1994.

The Consent Decree resolves claims against Laro Coal and Iron

Company by the United States under the Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601

et seq., for past and future response costs at the Berlin & Farro

Liquid Incineration Site (``Site''), Swartz Creek, Michigan. The

Consent Decree provides for the payment to the United States of

$426,234.20. This amount represents all past costs of the United States

for the Site that were not recovered by a previous consent decree in

these cases between the United States and fifteen major and eighty de

minimis parties. The settlement also includes a covenant not to sue for

response action 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 order. 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. Berlin and Farro Liquid Incineration, Inc., D.J. Ref.

90-11-2-77A and United States v. Amway Corp., D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-77B.

The proposed consent order may be examined at the office of the

United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, 210

Federal Building, 600 Church Street, Flint, Michigan 48502, at the

Office of Regional Counsel, United States Environmental Protection

Agency, Region V, 200 West Adams Street, Chicago, Illinois 60604, and

at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street NW., 4th Floor,

Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed Consent

Decree may also be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent

Decree Library. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the

amount of $5.75 (25 cents per page reproduction costs) payable to the

Consent Decree Library.

Bruce Gelber,

Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 94-25471 Filed 10-13-94; 8:45 am]

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