[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 197 (Thursday, October 13, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59771-59772]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-20537]
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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 September 30, 2005, a proposed
Consent Decree in United States v. Grand Truck Western Railroad
Incorporated, et al., Civil Action No. 1:05-cv-00672, was lodged with
the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan.
In this action the United States sought, under Sections 106 and 107
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Recovery
Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607, to recover costs incurred by
the United States in connection with the Verona Well Field Superfund
Site (the ``Site'') in Battle Creek, Michigan. Under the proposed
settlement, the Settling Defendants, who have been conducting the
remedy at the Site pursuant to two Unilateral Administrative Orders
issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``U.S. EPA''), will
continue to perform the selected remedy (estimated by U.S. EPA to cost
an additional $8.2 million), pay $40,000 of the U.S EPA's past costs
incurred at the Site, and pay future oversight costs incurred by the
U.S. EPA at the Site from the date of lodging of the Consent Decree. In
return, the Settling Defendants will receive contribution protection
and a covenant not to sue from the United States for the work at the
Site as well as for past and future response costs.
The Department of Justice will receive for 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,
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. Grand Trunk Western Railroad Incorporated, et al.,
D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-739.
The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United
States Attorney, 330 Ionia Ave., Suite 501, Grand Rapids, MI 49503, and
at U.S. EPA Region V, 77 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604. During
the public comment period, the Consent Decree 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
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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 $71.25 (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. 05-20537 Filed 10-12-05; 8:45 am]
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