Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

Notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United

States v. Hi-Mill Manufacturing Company, Civil Action No. 94-CV-60261-

AA was lodged on September 29, 1994 with the United States District

Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The consent decree settles

an action brought under the Comprehensive Environmental Response,

Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. Secs. 9601, et seq.,

(``CERCLA'') for costs incurred by the United States in responding to a

release or threat of release of hazardous substances at the Hi-Mill

Manufacturing Company Site in Highland, Michigan (the ``Site'') and for

implementation of response action at the Site. The United States

alleges that Hi-Mill Manufacturing Company (``Hi-Mill'') owns and

operates the Site at which hazardous substances were released and is

liable for costs incurred by the United States in responding to such

releases pursuant to Section 107(a)(2) of CERCLA. The Consent Decree

requires Hi-Mill to reimburse the United States $169,871.30 for

response costs incurred in connection with the Site and to implement a

response action for the Site selected by the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency in a Record of Decision dated September 28, 1993.

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 for the Environment and Natural Resources Division,

Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to

United States v. Hi-Mill Manufacturing Company, DOJ Ref. #90-11-2-974.

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

United States Attorney, 817 Federal Building, 231 West Lafayette,

Detroit, Michigan; the Region 5 Office of the Environment Protection

Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard Chicago, IL 60604; 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

refer to the referenced case and enclosed a check in the amount of

$30.25 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent

Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 94-25816 Filed 10-18-94; 8:45 am]

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