[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 
(<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0c786362656d226a606969787b6363684c797f686366226b637a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="80f4efeee9e1aee6ece5e5f4f7efefe4c0f5f3e4efeaaee7eff6">[email protected]</span></a>), 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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