[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 56 (Wednesday, March 23, 1994)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 

Lodging of the Consent Order Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed consent order in United States v. Berlin 
and Farro Liquid Incineration, Inc., Civil Action No. 84-CV-8473-FL, 
and United States v. Amway Corp., Civil Action No. 89-CV-40290-FL, has 
been lodged with the United States District Court for the Eastern 
District of on February 25, 1994.
    The Consent Decree resolves claims against all but one viable 
defendant by the United States under the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 
et seq., for past and future response costs at the Berlin & Farro 
Liquid Incineration Site (``Site''), Swartz Creek, Michigan. The 
Consent Decree provides for the payment to the United States of 
$2,576,539 for past response costs and interest. The Consent Decree 
also settles litigation among fifteen major and eighty de minimis 
parties. The settlement by the United States with de minimis parties 
include a covenant not to sue for response action 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 order. 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. Berlin and Farro Liquid Incineration, Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-11-
2-77A and United States v. Amway Corp., D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-77B.
    The proposed consent order may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, 210 
Federal Building, 600 Church Street, Flint, Michigan 48502, at the 
Office of Regional Counsel, United States Environmental Protection 
Agency, Region V, 111 West Jackson Street, Chicago, Illinois 60604, and 
at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, 
Washington, DC 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed Consent 
Decree may also be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent 
Decree Library. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the 
amount of $82.25 (25 cents per page reproduction costs) payable to the 
Consent Decree Library.
John C. Cruden,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 94-6730 Filed 3-22-94; 8:45 am]
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