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

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Order Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

Notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United

States v. BASF Corporation, et al., Civil Action No. 96-CV-75279-DT,

has been lodged with the United States District Court for the Eastern

District of Michigan on November 18, 1996.

The Consent Decree resolves the claims alleged against 35 parties

under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and

Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq. The proposed Consent Decree

provides for the payment by these settling parties of $14,564,000 of

the United States' response costs at the Metamora Landfill Site,

located in Metamora Township, Lapeer County, Michigan (``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 Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant

Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources Division,

U.S. Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, D.C. 20044, and

should refer to the United States v. BASF Corporation, et al., D.J.

Ref. 90-11-3-289C.

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

United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Suite

2300, 211 West Fort Street, Detroit, MI 48226, at the Office of

Regional Counsel, United States Environmental Protection Agency,

Region, V, 200 West Adams Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606, 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

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 $14.75

(25 cents per page reproduction costs) payable to the ``Consent Decree

Library.''

Joel Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 96-30985 Filed 12-4-96; 8:45 am]

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