[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 140 (Tuesday, July 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39254-39255]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19170]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 C.F.R. Sec. 50.7, notice 
is hereby

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given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. Copper Range 
Company, Civil Action No. 2:97-CV-204, was lodged on June 17, 1997 with 
the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan. 
The proposed consent decree resolves claims against Defendant Copper 
Range Company pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9601 et seq. 
(``CERCLA'') in connection with the Torch Lake Superfund site in 
Houghton County, Michigan. The settlement requires the defendant to pay 
$325,000.
    The consent decree includes a covenant not to sue by the United 
States under Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9606 and 
9607, and under Section 7003 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery 
Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 6973 (``RCRA'').
    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. Copper Range Company, Civil Action No. 2:97-CV-204, 
and the Department of Justice Reference No. 90-11-3-1026. Commenters 
may request an opportunity for a public hearing in the affected area, 
in accordance with Section 7003(d) of RCRA.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Western District of Michigan, The Law Building, 
330 Ionia Avenue, NW., 5th Floor, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503; the 
Region 5 Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson 
Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590; and at the Consent Decree 
Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 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, NW., 4th 
Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy, please refer to the 
referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $8.00 (25 cents 
per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-19170 Filed 7-21-97; 8:45 am]
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