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, and Section

122 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9622, notice is hereby given that on May

29, 1998, a proposed De Minimis Consent Decree in United States v. Kux

Manufacturing, et. al., Civil Action No. 98-72189 was lodged with the

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan,

Southern Division. This consent decree represents a settlement of

claims of the United States against Kux Manufacturing, Eppinger

Manufacturing Company, MascoTech Coatings, Inc., f/k/a Vacumet

Finishing, Seaman Industries, Inc., A.T. Wagner Company, Metamora

Products, Inc., Conwed Corporation, Aircraft Specialties Inc., Albar

Industries, Inc., and Precision Coatings, Inc., for

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reimbursement of response costs and injunctive relief in connection

with the Metamora Landfill Superfund Site (``Site'') pursuant to the

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act,

42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.

Under this settlement with the United States the ten parties will

pay a total of $1,026,221 in reimbursement of response costs incurred

by the United States Environmental Protection Agency at 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,

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United

States v. Kux Manufacturing, et. al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-289L.

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

United States Attorney, Eastern District of Michigan, Southern

Division, 211 West Fort Street, Suite 2300, Detroit, MI 48226, at the

Region 5 Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson

Street, Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590, and at the Consent Decree

Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 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, NW,

4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy, please enclose a

check in the amount of $8.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost)

payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Bruce Gelber,

Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 98-15332 Filed 6-8-98; 8:45 am]

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