Notice of Lodging of Partial Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. Secs. 9601, et seq.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Partial Consent Decree Pursuant to the

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act,

42 U.S.C. Secs. 9601, et seq.

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

is hereby given that a proposed partial consent decree in United States

v. Excel Corp., Civil Action No. 3:93CV0119RM, was lodged on August 13,

1996 with the United States District Court for the Northern District of

Indiana. The consent decree resolves the claims alleged against Excel

Corporation, Elkhart Products Corporation, Detrex Corporation, NIBCO,

Inc., Miles, Inc. and Adams & Westlake, Ltd. under the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C.

Secs. 9601, et seq., (``CERCLA''). The proposed Consent Decree provides

for the payment by these settling parties of $4,452,500 of the United

States unrecovered response costs at the Main Street Well Field Site in

Elkhart, Indiana (the ``Site''). The proposed Consent Decree also

resolves the United States claim against Detrex Corporation for a civil

penalty for its alleged failure to perform response activities at the

Site pursuant to an administrative order issued by the United States

Environmental Protection Agency.

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. Excel Corp., DOJ Ref. #90-11-3-799.

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

United States Attorney, 301 Federal Building, 204 South Main Street,

South Bend, Indiana; 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 enclose a check in the amount

of $10.25 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the

Consent Decree Library.

Walker Smith,

Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 96-22552 Filed 9-4-96; 8:45 am]

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