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. 9622, notice is hereby given that on May 21,

1999, a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. City of Grand

Rapids, Michigan, et. al., Civil Action No. 1:99 CV 388, was lodged

with the United States District Court for the Western District of

Michigan, Southern Division. This consent decree represents a

settlement of claims brought by the United States, pursuant to the

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act,

42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., against 53 Settling Defendants for

reimbursement of response costs and injunctive relief in connection

with the Butterworth No. 2 Landfill Superfund Site (``Site'') located

in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan.

Under this settlement with the United States, the Settling

Defendants will implement most of the remedy for the Site as set forth

in the Record of Decision issued by the United States Environmental

Protection Agency in March 1992 and as modified by an Explanation of

Significant Differences dated October 1998. The decree reserves a

portion of the remedial work, which the United States will seek to have

non-settlors perform.

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. City of Grand Rapids, Michigan, et al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-

145A.

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

United States Attorney, Grand Rapids, Michigan, at the Region 5 Office

of the Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Street,

Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590, and the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G

Street, NW, 3rd Flood, 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, 3rd Floor, Washington,

DC 20005. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of

$33.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent

Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 99-15204 Filed 6-15-99; 8:45 am]

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