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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

 

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree and Bankruptcy Stipulation 
Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and 
Liability Act, (``CERCLA'')

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, and 42 U.S.C. 
Sec. 9622(d)(2), notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree 
in United States v. Agrico Chemical Co., Inc. et al, Civil Action No. 
94-40462 (E.D. Mich.), was lodged on November 30, 1994 with the United 
States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan and a 
proposed Stipulation in In re: Bond Corporation North America, et al 
Case No. 91 B 10326 (FGC), was lodged on December 2, 1994 with the 
United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
    The Consent Decree and the Stipulation together resolve claims of 
the United States under Sections 106 and 107 of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 , 42 
U.S.C. Secs. 9606 and 9607, as amended (``CERCLA''), against fourteen 
corporations that have been identified as potentially responsible 
parties (``PRPs'') in connection with the hazardous waste site known as 
the Forest Waste Products site, in Forest Township, Genesee County, 
Michigan (the ``Site'').
    The proposed decree requires thirteen ``Settling Defendants'' to 
undertake the design and implementation of the final and remaining 
portion of EPA's selected remedy for the Site, as set forth in a Record 
of Decision dated March 31, 1988, as amended by an Explanation of 
Significant Differences, signed by U.S. EPA May 4, 1993. Previous 
remedial actions have been undertaken at the Site pursuant to an 
Administrative Order on Consent, signed by U.S. EPA on August 23, 1993.
    In addition, under the proposed Consent Decree, in conjunction with 
the bankruptcy Stipulation, the United States will recover a total of 
$5 million in past removal, investigative, administrative, and 
enforcement costs (``Past Response Costs'') incurred by the United 
States through March 31, 1993 in connection with the Site. The proposed 
Consent Decree also provides for reimbursement of any future response 
costs, including overseeing the remedial action work that is being 
undertaken by the defendants, incurred by the United States in 
connection with 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, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. Agrico Chemical Co., Inc., et al, D.J. reference # 90-
11-2-306C.
    The proposed Consent Decree and Bankruptcy Stipulation may be 
examined at the Office of the United States Attorney for the Eastern 
District of Michigan, Southern Division, 210 Federal Building, 600 
Church Street, Flint, Michigan 48502; the Office of the United States 
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 100 Church Street, New 
York, New York, 10007; the Region V Office of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois; and at 
the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street NW., 4th Floor, Washington, 
DC 20004, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed consent decree and 
Stipulation 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 $30.05 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the 
Consent Decree Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 94-30829 Filed 12-14-94; 8:45 am]
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