[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 84 (Thursday, May 1, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 23321]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-10709]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on April 11, 2003, a proposed consent 
decree in United States v. IT Higbie Manufacturing Co. et al., Civil 
Action No. 02-74727 was lodged with the United States District Court 
for the Eastern District of Michigan.
    This Consent Decree resolves specified claims against twelve 
defendants and thirteen third-party defendants under the Comprehensive 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., relating to the AABCO Road Oiling 
& Waste Oil Service, Inc. Superfund Site (``Site'') in Detroit, 
Michigan. The consent decree requires the twenty-five (25) settling 
defendants and third-party defendants to reimburse the Superfund in the 
amount of $464,000 for the United States' past costs of response 
actions relating to the Site.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to this 
settlement. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, 
U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer 
to United States v. IT Higbie Manufacturing Co. et al., Civil Action 
No. 02-74727, D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-07266.
    The consent decree for this settlement may be examined at the 
Office of the United States Attorney, 211 West Fort Street, Suite 2300, 
Detroit, Michigan 48226-3211, and at U.S. EPA Region V, 77 West Jackson 
Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. During the public comment period, 
the consent decree for this settlement, may also be examined on the 
following Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the consent decree may also be obtained by mail 
from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. 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 $12.25 
(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. 03-10709 Filed 4-30-03; 8:45 am]
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