[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 198 (Thursday, October 14, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 61043]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-23095]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Stipulated Order To Amend Consent Judgment 
Under Environmental Laws and Partially Substitute Parties

    Notice is hereby given that on October 8, 2004, a proposed 
Stipulated Order was lodged with the United States District Court for 
the Eastern District of Michigan in United States v. Velsicol Chemical 
Corp., No. 82-10303 (E.D. Mich.). The Stipulated Order among the United 
States on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency, the State of 
Michigan, and Velsicol Chemical Corporation (``Velsicol'') would 
substitute the Custodial Trust created in the bankruptcy settlement 
agreement in In re Fruit of the Loom, Inc., No. 99-4497 (Bankr. D. 
Del.) for Velsicol and would resolve Velsicol's obligations under the 
1982 Consent Judgment as provided in the Stipulated Order and the 
bankruptcy settlement agreement. The 1982 Consent Judgment concerns the 
St. Louis Facility in St. Louis, Gratiot County, Michigan.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
Stipulated Order for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of this 
publication. 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. Velsicol Chemical Corporation, DJ Ref. No. 90-7-1-
105.
    The Stipulated Order may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, 211 West Fort 
Street, Suite 2001, Detroit, Michigan, and at the Region 5 Office of 
the United States Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson 
Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois. During the public comment period, the 
Stipulated Order may also be examined on the following Department of 
Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the 
Stipulated Order 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 $27.75 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury for the entire 
Stipulated Order and attachments or the amount of $3.00 for the 
Stipulated Order without attachments.

Bruce S. Gelber,
Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 04-23095 Filed 10-13-04; 8:45 am]
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