[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 199 (Wednesday, October 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 53654]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27211]


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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 second proposed Consent Decree in 
United States v. H. Brown Co., et al., Civil Action No. 1:96 CV-949 
(W.D. Mich.), entered into by the United States and seven (7) parties, 
was lodged on September 30, 1997, with the United States District Court 
for the Western District of Michigan. The proposed Second 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. Sec. 9601, et seq., 
with respect to the H. Brown Superfund Site (``Site'') in Walker, 
Michigan. Under the terms of the proposed Consent Decree, the seven 
Settling Defendants will pay a total of $100,000 to the United States.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed Second Consent Decree During my tenure at the Board of 
Immigration Appeals, the attorney-advisor drafted legal opinions for 
the adjudicating body which addressed issues of law and fact appealed 
to the Board by the Immigration Service and should refer to United 
States v. H. Brown Co., et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-2-835A. The 
proposed Second 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 for 
reproduction costs (at 25 cents per page) in the amount of $9.25 for 
the Decree, payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-27211 Filed 10-14-97; 8:45 am]
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