[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 110 (Tuesday, June 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31524-31525]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-15332]


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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 CFR 50.7, and Section 
122 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9622, notice is hereby given that on May 
29, 1998, a proposed De Minimis Consent Decree in United States v. Kux 
Manufacturing, et. al., Civil Action No. 98-72189 was lodged with the 
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, 
Southern Division. This consent decree represents a settlement of 
claims of the United States against Kux Manufacturing, Eppinger 
Manufacturing Company, MascoTech Coatings, Inc., f/k/a Vacumet 
Finishing, Seaman Industries, Inc., A.T. Wagner Company, Metamora 
Products, Inc., Conwed Corporation, Aircraft Specialties Inc., Albar 
Industries, Inc., and Precision Coatings, Inc., for

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reimbursement of response costs and injunctive relief in connection 
with the Metamora Landfill Superfund Site (``Site'') pursuant to the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 
42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.
    Under this settlement with the United States the ten parties will 
pay a total of $1,026,221 in reimbursement of response costs incurred 
by the United States Environmental Protection Agency at 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 
proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States v. Kux Manufacturing, et. al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-289L.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Eastern District of Michigan, Southern 
Division, 211 West Fort Street, Suite 2300, Detroit, MI 48226, at the 
Region 5 Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson 
Street, Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590, and at the Consent Decree 
Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 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, NW, 
4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy, please enclose a 
check in the amount of $8.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-15332 Filed 6-8-98; 8:45 am]
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