[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 123 (Friday, June 26, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 34928]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-17012]


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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 herby given that on June 5, 1998, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. Erie Coatings & Chemicals, Inc. et al., 
Civil No. 95-75842, was lodged with the United States District court 
for the Eastern District of Michigan. This Consent Decree resolves 
claims against two parties, Chem-Met Services, Inc (``Chem-Met'') and 
Cousins Waste Control Corporation (``Cousins''), under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 
1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq. (``CERCLA'') relating to the 
Erie Coatings & Chemicals, Inc. Superfund Site (``Site'') in Erie, 
Michigan.
    The Consent Decree requires Chem-Met to reimburse the Superfund in 
the amount of $25,000 and it requires Cousins to reimburse the 
Superfund in the amount of $40,000 for the United States' past costs 
incurred in conducting a removal action 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 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 in United States v Erie 
Coatings & Chemicals, Inc. et al., D. J. Ref. 90-11-2-1070.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Eastern District of Michigan, 817 Federal Building, 
231 West Lafayette, Detroit, Michigan 48226, and at the Consent Decree 
Library, 120 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 enclose a 
check in the amount of $5.50 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-17012 Filed 6-25-98; 8:45 am]
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