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

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, notice is

hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. Joseph

A. Cekola, et al., Case No. 1:93-CV-1006, was lodged with the United

States District Court for the Western District of Michigan on August

31, 1995. The proposed consent decree resolves civil claims brought by

the United States for the recovery of costs incurred in responding to

polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) and asbestos releases and threats of

releases at the panelyte Site in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The decree

requires the two Cekola defendants to reimburse $128,340, plus

interest, to the United States through a court registry account.

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. Joseph A. Cekola, et al., Case No. 1:93-CV-1006 and

the Department of Justice Reference No. 90-11-3-1234.

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

United States Attorney, Western District of Michigan, 110 Michigan

Street, N.W., Room 399, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503; the Region 5

Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson

Boulevard, 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 refer

to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $3.50 (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. 95-22659 Filed 9-12-95; 8:45 am]

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