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 December

16, 1999, a proposed de minimis Consent Decree in United States v.

American Jetway Corporation, et. at., Civil Action No. 98-73295, 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 American Jetway

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, American Jetway

Corporation will pay the total amount of $50,000, plus accrued

interest, in five installment payments over a period of approximately 4

years, 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. American Jetway Corporation et. al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-289/1.

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, and at

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

Jackson Street, Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590. A copy of the proposed

Consent Decree may be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library,

P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044. In requesting a copy, please

enclose a check in the amount of $5.00 (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. 99-33836 Filed 12-29-99; 8:45 am]

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