[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: 96-30987] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act Notice is hereby given that on November 21, 1996, a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Sheller Globe Corporation et al., Civil No. 1:96-CV-927, was lodged with the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan. This consent Decree resolves specified claims against sixty-three (63) parties (``Settling Defendant'') under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq. (``CERCLA'') relating to the Auto Ion Superfund Site (``Site'') in Kalamazoo. The Consent Decree requires the sixty-three Settling Defendants to design and implement the Second Operable Unit remedy selected by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (``U.S. EPA''), which addresses groundwater contamination at the Site. The estimated present value of the groundwater remedy is approximately $565,000. The Consent Decree also requires the Settling Defendants to reimburse the Superfund in the amount of $360,000, plus prejudgment interest, for the United States' past costs, and to pay certain future response costs, including U.S. EPA's future oversight costs, to be incurred by the United States relating to 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 Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer in United States v. Sheller Globe Corporation et al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-1107. The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United States Attorney, Western District of Michigan, Gerald R. Ford Federal Building and Courthouse, 110 Michigan Street, N.W., Room 399, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503, at the Region V Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 200 West Adams Street, Chicago, Illinois, 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 enclose a check in the amount of $26.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent Decree Library. Bruce S. Gelber, Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division. [FR Doc. 96-30987 Filed 12-4-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410-15-M