[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 8 (Thursday, January 11, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2445-2446]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-920]


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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 28 CFR 50.7 and section 122 of the Comprehensive 
Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622, 
the Department of Justice gives notice that a proposed consent decree 
in United States v. Mark IV Industries, Inc. et al., No. 1:00CV918 
(W.D. Mich.), was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
Western District of Michigan on December 18, 2000, pertaining to the 
implementation of the United States Environmental Protection

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Agency's selected remedial action for the Electro-Voice Superfund Site 
(``EV Site''), Buchanan, Berrien County, Michigan.
    Under the proposed consent decree, Mark IV Industries, Inc. will 
implement U.S. EPA's selected remedy for operable unit 2 (``OU2'') at 
the Site, and pay U.S. EPA's oversight costs. The Consent Decree 
includes a covenant not to sue by the United States under sections 106 
and 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and 
Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq. (``CERCLA''), and section 7003 of 
the Resource Conservation and Liability Act (``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 6973.
    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, Environment and Natural Resource Division, United 
States Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. Mark IV Industries, Inc. et al., No. 1:00CV918 (W.D. 
Mich.), and DOJ Reference No. 90-11-2-07050. Commentors may request an 
opportunity for a public meeting in the affected area, in accordance 
with RCRA section 7003(d), 42 U.S.C. 6973(d).
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at: (1) The Office of 
the United States Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, 330 
Ionia, NW., Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503 (616) 456-2404; and (2) the 
United States Environmental Protection Agency (Region 5), 77 West 
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590 (contact Kris Vezner 
(312-886-6827)) a copy of the proposed consent decree may be obtained 
by mail from the Consent Decree Library, PO Box 7611, Washington, DC 
20044. In requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced case and 
DOJ Reference Number and enclose a check in the amount of $18.25 for 
the consent decree only (73 pages at 25 cents per page reproduction 
costs), or $75.75 for the consent decree and all appendices (303 
pages), made payable to the consent Decree Library.

Bruce S. Gelber,
Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources 
Division.
[FR Doc. 01-920 Filed 1-10-01; 8:45 am]
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