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

Notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United

States v. Cello-Foil Prods., Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 1:92 CV 713

(consolidated with Kelley v. Cello-Foil Prods., Inc., et al., Civil

Action No. 4:92 CV 139), was lodged on February 27, 1998, with the

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

consent decree settles an action brought under Section 107 of the

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act,

42 U.S.C. 9601, et seq., (``CERCLA'') for the recovery of costs

incurred by the United States and the State of Michigan in responding

to a release or threat of release of hazardous substances at the

Raymond Road Operable Unit of the Verona Well Field Superfund Site in

Battle Creek, Michigan (the ``Site''). Under the terms

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of the proposed decree, the settling defendants will pay $600,000 to

the United States and $300,000 to the State of Michigan in settlement

of response costs incurred 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 for the Environment and Natural Resources Division,

Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to

United States v. Cello-Foil Prods., Inc., et al., DOJ Ref. # 90-11-3-

626A.

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

United States Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, 330 Ionia

Avenue, N.W., 5th Floor, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503; the Region 5

Office of the Environmental 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 $24.75 (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. 98-5792 Filed 3-5-98; 8:45 am]

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