Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA'')

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA'')

In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 C.F.R. Sec. 50.7, notice

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

Scott A. Musselman, Civil No. 1:96cv254, was lodged on August 19, 1996

with the United States District Court for the Western District of

Michigan. The decree pertains to the Peerless Plating Superfund Site in

Muskegon, Michigan.

The Consent Decree requires Mr. Musselman to pay to the Hazardous

Substances Superfund the sum of $157,836, plus interest accuring from

the date of entry of the Decree, at the rate provided in Section 107(a)

of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9607(a). Such payment may be made in three

installments over the next one and a half years.

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, Environment and Natural Resources Division,

Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., 20430, and should refer to

United States v. Scott A. Musselman (W.D. Mich.) and DOJ Ref. No. 90-

11-3-65C.

The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the

United States Attorney, West District of Michigan, 330 Ionia N.W.,

Fifth Floor, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503; the Region 5 office of U.S.

EPA, 77 West Jackson Blvd., 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 $4.50 (25 cents per page

reproduction costs) payable to ``Consent Decree Library.''

Walker B. Smith,

Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 96-21906 Filed 8-27-96; 8:45 am]

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