[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 224 (Monday, November 20, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 69788]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-29541]


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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 November 3, 2000, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. The Detroit Edison Company, et al., Civil 
Action No. 00-74844, was lodged with the United States District Court 
for the Eastern District of Michigan. This Consent Decree represents a 
settlement of claims brought against the Detroit Edison Company, Ford 
Motor Company, and General Motors Corporation (``Settling Defendants'') 
in the above-referenced action under Section 107 of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Recovery Act (``CERCLA''), 42 
U.S.C. 9607, to recover costs incurred by the United States in 
connection with the J.E. Berger Superfund Site in Detroit, Michigan.
    The Department of Justice will receive a period of thirty (30) days 
from the date of this publication comments relating to the Consent 
Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environmental and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. The Detroit Edison Company, et al. (E.D. Mich.), D.J. 
Ref. 90-11-3-06946.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, 211 West Fort Street, Suite 2001, Detroit, Michigan 
48226-3211, and at U.S. EPA Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 
Chicago, Illinois 60604. 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, D.C. 20044-7611. In requesting a 
copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $5.50 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost), payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Bruce S. Gelber,
Chief Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 00-29541 Filed 11-17-00; 8:45 am]
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