[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 235 (Thursday, December 5, 1996)] [Notices] [Page 64532] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-30985] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Notice of Lodging of Consent Order Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act Notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. BASF Corporation, et al., Civil Action No. 96-CV-75279-DT, has been lodged with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on November 18, 1996. The Consent Decree resolves the claims alleged against 35 parties under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq. The proposed Consent Decree provides for the payment by these settling parties of $14,564,000 of the United States' response costs at the Metamora Landfill Site, located in Metamora Township, Lapeer County, Michigan (``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 of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, D.C. 20044, and should refer to the United States v. BASF Corporation, et al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-289C. The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Suite 2300, 211 West Fort Street, Detroit, MI 48226, at the Office of Regional Counsel, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region, V, 200 West Adams Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606, 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 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 $14.75 (25 cents per page reproduction costs) payable to the ``Consent Decree Library.'' Joel Gross, Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division. [FR Doc. 96-30985 Filed 12-4-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410-15-M