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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

 

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act

    In accordance with the policy of the Department of Justice, 28 CFR 
50.7, and 42 U.S.C. 9622(d), notice is hereby given that on February 
16, 1994, a proposed consent decree in United States v. Motor Wheel 
Corporation et al., Civil Action No. 1-94-CV-96, was lodged with the 
United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan. This 
action was brought, pursuant to Sections 106 and 107 of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 
1980, as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 
1986, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq. (``CERCLA''), to remedy an imminent and 
substantial endangerment to human health and the environment that may 
exist in connection with the release or threatened release of hazardous 
substances into the environment from a facility known as the Motor 
Wheel Disposal Site (``Site'') in the City of Lansing, Michigan and for 
the recovery of costs expended by the United States in connection with 
cleanup of the Site.
    Under the consent decree, defendants Motor Wheel Corporation, 
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Textron, Inc., W.R. Grace and Co., 
General Motors, Inc., and Lansing Board of Water and Light will perform 
the remedial action selected by the United States Environmental 
Protection Agency (``EPA'') in its Record of Decision (``ROD''), as 
further specified in the Scope of Work (``SOW'') for the Motor Wheel 
Disposal Site, and to pay all of EPA's attendant oversight costs. In 
addition, under the Consent Decree, defendants will pay the United 
States all unreimbursed past costs that the United States incurred at 
the Site into the Hazardous Substances Superfund.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed consent decree for a period of 30 days from the date of this 
publication. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department 
of Justice, Washington, DC 20530. All comments should refer to United 
States v. Motor Wheel Corporation, et al., DJ Ref. # 90-11-2-753.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, 309 Federal Building & Courthouse, 110 Michigan 
Street, NW., Grand Rapids, MI 49503 and at the Region V Office of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 111 West Jackson Blvd., 3rd floor, 
Chicago, Illinois 60604. Copies of the proposed consent decrees may 
also be examined at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th 
Floor, Washington, DC 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed 
decrees may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree 
Library. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of 
$20.25 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent 
Decree Library.
John C. Cruden,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 94-4511 Filed 3-1-94; 8:45 am]
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