[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 57 (Friday, March 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16293-16294]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-7191]


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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 a proposed consent decree, in United 
States v. Petroleum Specialties, Inc., et al., Civil No. 99-72421 (E.D. 
Mich.), was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
Eastern District of Michigan on March 13, 2001, pertaining to the 
Petroleum Specialties, Inc. Site (the ``Site''), located in Flat Rock, 
Wayne County, Michigan. The proposed consent decree would resolve the 
United States' civil claims against Sharon Fleischman, Fannie Robinson 
and Rose Liebergott (collectively, the ``Settling Defendants''), under 
sections

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107(a) and 113(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 
U.S.C. 9607(a) and 9613(g), in connection with the Site.
    Under the proposed ability to pay consent decree, each Settling 
Defendant will make payments totaling $25,000 to the United States 
following entry of the proposed consent decree for federal Response 
Costs incurred at the Site. The Consent Decree includes, inter alia, a 
covenant not to sue by the United States under sections 106 and 107 of 
CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607, contribution protection as provided by 
section 113(f)(2) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9613(f)(2), and reservations of 
United States' rights for, among other things, failure to comply with 
any requirement of the Consent Decree, claims for natural resource 
damages, and claims for false certifications by Settling Defendants 
under the Consent Decree.
    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 Resources Division, United 
States Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. Petroleum Specialties, Inc., et al., Civil No. 99-
72421 (E.D. Mich), and DOJ Reference No. 90-11-2-1374.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at: (1) The Office of 
the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Suite 
2001, 211 West Fort Street, Detroit, Michigan 48226-3211 (313-226-
9790); and (2) the United States Environmental Protection Agency 
(Region 5), 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590 
(contact: Diana Embil (312-886-7889)). A copy of the proposed consent 
decree may be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, U.S. 
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611. In 
requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced case and DOJ 
Reference Number and enclose a check in the amount of $6.00 for the 
consent decree and one appendix (24 pages at 25 cents per page 
reproduction costs), made payable to the Consent Decree Library.

William Brighton,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-7191 Filed 3-22-01; 8:45 am]
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