[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 108 (Thursday, June 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 30881]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14705]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United 
States v. H. Brown Co., et al., Civil Action No. 1:96 CV-949 (W.D. 
Mich.), entered into the United States and twenty-two parties (``First 
Round Settling Defendants''), was lodged on May 16, 1997, with the 
United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan. The 
proposed Consent Decree resolves certain claims of the United States 
for past and future costs under the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation and Liability Act, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 
U.S.C. 9601, et seq., with respect to the H. Brown Superfund Site 
(``Site'') in Walker, Michigan. Under the terms of the proposed Consent 
Decree, the First Round Settling Defendants will pay a total of 
$1,239,149 to the United States.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed Partial Consent Decrees for 30 days following publication of 
this Notice. Comments should be addressed by the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States 
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, 
D.C. 20044-7611, and should refer to United States v. H. Brown Co, et 
al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-2-835A. The Proposed Consent Decree may be 
examined at the Office of the United States Attorney for the Western 
District of Michigan, Grand Rapids, Michigan; the Region V Office of 
the United States Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson 
Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604; and at the Consent Decree Library, 
1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, telephone no. 
(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, 
NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy, please 
enclose a check (25 cents per page for reproduction costs) in the 
amount of $13.25 for the Decree, payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-14705 Filed 6-4-97; 8:45 am]
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