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

17, 1998, a proposed De Minimis Consent Decree in United States v.

Stricker Paint Products, Inc., Civil Action No. 98-40421, 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 Stricker Paint

Products, Inc. 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, Stricker Paint

Products, Inc. will pay $105,192, over a period of three 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, D.C. 20530, and should refer to

United States v. Stricker Paint Products, Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-289/

2.

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 may be

obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G

Street, N.W., 3rd Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy

of the proposed 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,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 99-607 Filed 1-11-99; 8:45 am]

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