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

111 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622, notice is hereby given that on June 11,

1999, a proposed De Minimis Consent Decree in United States v. BASF

Corporation, successor to Cook Paint and Varnish Company., Civil Action

No. 99-72978, 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 BASF

Corporation for 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, BASF Corporation,

successor to Cook Paint and Varnish Company, will pay $487,206 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, D.C. 20530, and should refer to

United States v. BASF Corporation., D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-289/3.

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, 120 G Street, N.W., 3rd 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.,

3rd Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy, please enclose

a check in the amount of $5.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost)

payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Joel Gross,

Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 99-16909 Filed 7-1-99; 8:45 am]

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