[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 173 (Thursday, September 5, 1996)] [Notices] [Page 46825] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-22552] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Notice of Lodging of Partial Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. Secs. 9601, et seq. In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 C.F.R. Sec. 50.7, notice is hereby given that a proposed partial consent decree in United States v. Excel Corp., Civil Action No. 3:93CV0119RM, was lodged on August 13, 1996 with the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana. The consent decree resolves the claims alleged against Excel Corporation, Elkhart Products Corporation, Detrex Corporation, NIBCO, Inc., Miles, Inc. and Adams & Westlake, Ltd. under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. Secs. 9601, et seq., (``CERCLA''). The proposed Consent Decree provides for the payment by these settling parties of $4,452,500 of the United States unrecovered response costs at the Main Street Well Field Site in Elkhart, Indiana (the ``Site''). The proposed Consent Decree also resolves the United States claim against Detrex Corporation for a civil penalty for its alleged failure to perform response activities at the Site pursuant to an administrative order issued by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. 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 for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to United States v. Excel Corp., DOJ Ref. #90-11-3-799. The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the United States Attorney, 301 Federal Building, 204 South Main Street, South Bend, Indiana; the Region 5 Office of the Environment Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed consent decree 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 in the amount of $10.25 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library. Walker Smith, Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division. [FR Doc. 96-22552 Filed 9-4-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410-01-M