[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 221 (Friday, November 16, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 64669]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-5692]


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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 on October 30, 2007, a proposed consent 
decree in United States v. Belle Tire Distr., Inc., et al., No. 
06cv0816, was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
Western District of Michigan.
    In this cost recovery action brought pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607, 
the United States sought recovery of unreimbursed past response costs 
and prejudgment interest incurred by the United States Environmental 
Protection Agency for a removal action at the Carl's Tire Retreading 
Site near Grown in Grand Traverse County, Michigan. Under the proposed 
consent decree, ten defendants that each contributed less than 2% of 
the total waste to the Site will pay a total of $219,425.24 to the 
Hazardous Substance Superfund.
    The Department of Justice will accept comments relating to the 
proposed consent decree for a period of thirty (30) days from the date 
of publication of this notice. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
and mailed either electronically to [email protected] or in 
hard copy to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 
20044-7611. Comments should refer to United States v. Belle Tire 
Distr., Inc., et al., Case No. 06cv0816 (W.D. Mich.) and D.J. Reference 
No. 90-11-09026.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at: (1) The Office of 
the United States Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, 330 
Iona Avenue, Suite 501, 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 Steven 
P. Kaiser (312-353-3804)). During the comment period, the proposed 
consent decree may also be examined on the following Department of 
Justice Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decree.html. A 
copy of the proposed consent decree may also be obtained by mail from 
the Department of Justice Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, 
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 refer to the referenced case and D.J. 
Reference No. 90-11-3-09026, and enclose a check in the amount of $6.50 
for the consent decree (26 pages at 25 cents per page reproduction 
costs), made payable to the U.S. Treasury.

William D. Brighton,
 Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 07-5692 Filed 11-15-07; 8:45 am]
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