[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 42 (Wednesday, March 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 10653]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-5498]


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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 on February 10, 1998, the United States 
lodged with the Court a proposed Consent Decree under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq. in United States v. H. Brown Co., 
et al., No. 1:96-CV-949 (W.D. Mich). The Consent Decree resolves 
certain claims of the United States against Exide Corporation, Fisher 
Steel & Supply Company, Friedland Iron & Metal Company, and Franklin 
Iron & Metal Company under Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), 
at the H. Brown Superfund Site (``Site''), located in Walker, Kent 
County, Michigan. Under the Consent Decree, the settling defendants 
will pay the United States $120,000.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Decree for 30 days following publication of this 
Notice. Comments should be addressed to 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; 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, N.W., 4th Floor, 
Washington, D.C. 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, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, 
D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check for 
reproduction costs (at 25 cents per page) in the amount of $7.75 for 
the Decree, payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-5498 Filed 3-3-98; 8:45 am]
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