Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601 to 9675

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601

to 9675

Notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in the case

of United States v. Independent Steel Castings Company, Civil Action

No. 3:99-CV-0019, was lodged on January 11, 1999 with the United States

District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, South Bend

Division. The proposed consent decree resolves the United States'

claims against defendant Independent Steel Castings Company for past

costs incurred in connection with the Waste, Inc. Superfund Site

located in Michigan City, LaPorte County, Indiana, in return for a

total payment of $60,000.

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, DC 20530, and should refer to United

States v. Independent Steel Castings Company, DOJ Ref. No. 90-11-3-

1376/3.

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

United States Attorney, 204 South Main Street, South Bend, Indiana

46601-2191; the Region 5 Office of the Environmental Protection Agency,

77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604; and at the Consent

Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 3rd Floor, 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 refer

to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $5.50 (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. 99-3909 Filed 2-17-99; 8:45 am]

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