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 C.F.R. Sec. 50.7, notice

is hereby

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given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. Copper Range

Company, Civil Action No. 2:97-CV-204, was lodged on June 17, 1997 with

the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan.

The proposed consent decree resolves claims against Defendant Copper

Range Company pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response,

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

(``CERCLA'') in connection with the Torch Lake Superfund site in

Houghton County, Michigan. The settlement requires the defendant to pay

$325,000.

The consent decree includes a covenant not to sue by the United

States under Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9606 and

9607, and under Section 7003 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery

Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 6973 (``RCRA'').

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. Copper Range Company, Civil Action No. 2:97-CV-204,

and the Department of Justice Reference No. 90-11-3-1026. Commenters

may request an opportunity for a public hearing in the affected area,

in accordance with Section 7003(d) of RCRA.

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

United States Attorney, Western District of Michigan, The Law Building,

330 Ionia Avenue, NW., 5th Floor, 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, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 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, NW., 4th

Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy, please refer to the

referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $8.00 (25 cents

per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 97-19170 Filed 7-21-97; 8:45 am]

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