[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 112 (Monday, June 10, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 29426]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14472]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decrees in Action To Recover Past 
Costs Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act

    In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR Sec. 50.7, 38 FR 
19029, notice is hereby given that two Consent Decrees in United States 
v. Cassidy, et al., Civil Action No. 94-CV-71787-DT, were lodged with 
the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan 
on May 30, 1996.
    The Consent Decrees resolve claims brought by the United States 
pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and 
Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., against Detrex Corp., Ford Motor 
Co., General Motors Corp., PVS-Nolwood Chemicals, Inc., Tronex Chemical 
Co., Van Waters & Rogers, Inc., Ethone-OMI, Inc., Henkel Corp., 
Chrysler Corp., General Electric Co., and Carboloy, Inc. The complaint 
alleges that the United States incurred response costs in connection 
with a release or threatened release of hazardous substances from sites 
operated by the ABC Barrel and Drum Company at 14290 Birwood St. and 
102 W. Lantz St. in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. The complaint 
alleges that the defendants were liable for such costs as persons who 
arranged for the disposal of hazardous substances at the sites.
    One of the Consent Decrees requires Detrex Corp., Ford Motor Co., 
General Motors Corp., PVS-Nolwood Chemicals, Inc., Van Waters & Rogers, 
Inc., Ethone-OMI, Inc., Henkel Corp., Chrysler Corp., General Electric 
Co., and Carboloy, Inc. to pay $2,550,000 to the EPA Hazardous 
Substances Superfund to settle the claims asserted against them. Under 
this Decree, the United States also covenants not to sue and provides 
contribution protection to three third party defendants who settled 
with the defendants for a total of $32,638: Martin Marietta Magnesia 
Specialties, Inc., McKesson Corp., and Union Carbide Corp. The Decree 
also restricts the contribution rights of the settling defendants and 
settling third parties.
    The second Consent Decree that was lodged requires Tronex Chemical 
Company to pay $20,000, plus interest, in four installments to the EPA 
Hazardous Substance Superfund to settle the claims asserted against it 
in the Complaint.
    The Department of Justice will receive for thirty (30) days from 
the date of publication of this notice written comments relating to the 
Consent Decrees. 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. 
Cassidy, et al., DOJ Ref. No. 90-11-3-1060.
    The Consent Decrees may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Eastern District of Michigan, 211 W. Fort St., Suite 
2300, Detroit, Michigan; at the Region V Office of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois; and at the 
Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, 
D.C., (202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed Consent Decrees may be 
obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G 
Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy, 
please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check payable to the 
Consent Decree Library in the amount of $10.75 ($.25 cents per page 
reproduction costs) for the Consent Decree requiring the $2,550,000 
payment, and/or, $5.75 for the Consent Decree involving Tronex Chemical 
Company. Please specify precisely which Decree is being requested.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-14472 Filed 6-7-96; 8:45 am]
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