[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 180 (Thursday, September 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 49714]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24936]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Pursuant to 28 CFR 50.7 and 42 U.S.C. 9622(d), notice is hereby 
given that on August 12, 1998, a proposed Consent Decree in United 
States v. Coltec Industries, Inc., et al, Civil Action No. 98-10034 was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the Eastern District 
of Michigan.
    The United States has asserted, in a civil complaint under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 
42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., that the Defendants, Coltec Industries, Inc., 
Illinois Tool Works, Inc., Mitchell Manufacturing Group, Inc., 
StageRight Corporation, Textron, Inc., and United Technologies 
Automotive, Inc., are potentially responsible parties (PRPs) at the 
Clare Water Supply Superfund Site in the City of Clare, Clare County, 
Michigan.
    Under the proposed Consent Decree, the Defendants have agreed to 
pay $510,756.00 to the Hazardous Waste Superfund for past costs 
incurred through October 31, 1997, to pay future response costs, and to 
perform Work for Operable Unit Two of 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 Environmental and Natural Resources Division, Department of 
Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to Untied States v. 
Coltec Industries, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 98-10034, D.J. Ref. 
90-11-2-1212.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, 211 West Fort 
Street, Suite 2001, Detroit, MI 48226-3211; at the Region 5 
Environmental Protection Agency Library, Reference Desk, 77 W. Jackson 
Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604; and at the Consent Decree Library, 
1120 G Street, NW., 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20005, 202-624-0892. A 
copy of the Consent Decree may be obtained in person or by mail from 
the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 3rd Floor, Washington, 
DC 20005. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of 
$110.25 (inclusive of Appendices) (25 cents per page reproduction cost) 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Walker B. Smith,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environmental and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-24936 Filed 9-16-98; 8:45 am]
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