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[Federal Register: September 11, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 176)]
[Notices]               
[Page 48760]
>From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr11se98-111]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

 
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR Sec. 50.7, and 
Section 122 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622, notice is hereby given that on 
July 31, 1998, a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Crestwood 
Development et al., Civ. Action No. 98-73313 was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. This 
Consent Decree represents a settlement of claims of the United States 
against: (1) Crestwood Development Company, (2) Ford Motor Company; (3) 
Indian Head Industries, Inc. (f.k.a Detroit Gasket &amp; Manufacturing 
Company); (4) John Denski; (5) Minnesota Mining &amp; Manufacturing 
Company; (6) Purolator Products Company; (7) Stanley Denski; (8) TBG 
Services, Inc.; (9) TPI Petroleum, Inc. (f.k.a. J. Austin Oil); (10) 
Woolf Aircraft Products; (11) Charter Township of Canton; (12) City of 
Allen Park; (13) City of Garden City; (14) City of Inkster; (15) City 
of Livonia; (16) City of Plymouth; (17) City of Romulus; (18) City of 
Wayne; (19) City of Westland; and (20) County of Wayne (collectively 
``Settling Defendants''), for reimbursement of response costs in 
connection with the Nankin Township Superfund Site (``Site'') pursuant 
to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability 
Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.
    Under this settlement with the United States, Settling Defendants, 
will pay $1,573,551.76, plus interest, in reimbursement of response 
costs incurred by the United States at the Site. In addition, 
Performing Settling Defendants (Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing 
Company, the County of Wayne and Crestwood Development) will submit a 
Remedial Action Plan (``RAP'') to the Michigan Department of 
Environmental Quality (``MDEQ'') by February 1, 1999. Upon approval of 
the RAP by MDEQ, the Performing Settling Defendants will implement the 
work outlined in the RAP by the dates specified in the RAP.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General of the Environmental and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. Crestwood Development, et al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-1291.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Eastern District of Michigan, Southern 
Division, 211 West Fort Street, Suite 2300, Detroit, MI 48226, at the 
Region 5 Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson 
Street, Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590, and at the Consent Decree 
Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 
624-0892. A copy of the proposed Consent Decree may be obtained in 
person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 
4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy of the Consent 
Decree, please enclose a check payable to the Consent Decree Library in 
the amount of $9 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) for a copy of 
the Consent Decree.
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-24447 Filed 9-10-98; 8:45 am]
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