[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 35 (Friday, February 21, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8524-8525]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-4150]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on February 3, 2003, 
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proposed Amendment to Consent Decree (``Amendment'') in United States 
v. Motor Wheel Corp., Civil Action No. 1:94-CV-96 was lodged with the 
United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan.
    In 1994, the United States District Court for the Western District 
of Michigan entered a Consent Decree in this matter pursuant to the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 
as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq. Under the 1994 Decree, 
the Settling Defendants agreed to perform the remedial action selected 
by the United States Environmental Protection Agency at the Motor Wheel 
Disposal Site in Lansing, Michigan and reimburse the United States for 
past response costs and future response costs.
    The remedial action required by the 1994 Decree addressed the 
contaminant source areas and two shallow zones of groundwater 
contamination, but did not address the deeper Saginaw aquifer, because 
that zone had not yet been sufficiently studied. Under the Amendment, 
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, one of the original Settling 
Defendants, will perform additional remedial work to restore the 
Saginaw aquifer to drinking water standards.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 
Amendment. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, PO Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. Motor Wheel Corp., D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-753.
    The Amendment may be examined at the Office of the United States 
Attorney, 330 Ionia Ave., Suite 501, Lansing, Michigan, and at U.S. EPA 
Region 5, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois. During the public 
comment period, the Amendment may also be examined on the following 
Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A 
copy of the Amendment may also be obtained by mail from the Consent 
Decree Library, PO Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 
20044-7611 or by faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood 
([email protected]), fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation 
number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the Consent Decree 
Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $8.75 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

William D. Brighton,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 03-4150 Filed 2-20-03; 8:45 am]
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