[Federal Register: October 14, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 198)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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

    Notice is hereby given that on October 4, 1999, the United States 
lodged with the Court a proposed Fourth Consent Decree under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 
as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq. in United States v. 
Brown Co., et al., No. 1:96-CV-949 (W.D. Mich). The Consent Decree 
resolves certain claims of the United States against Exide Corporation, 
Fisher Steel & Supply Company, the H. Brown Co., Inc., Tessie Brown and 
Tessie Brown as the Independent Personal representative of the Estate 
of Herman Brown (``Owner Settling Defendants''), Padnos Iron & Metal 
Company (``Padnos''), and General Motors Company (``GM''). GM will 
conduct the Remedial Action, as well as pay future costs of overseeing 
the implementation of the remedial action, under Sections 106 and 
107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), at the H. Brown Superfund Site 
(``Site'') located in Walker, Kent County, Michigan. The other settling 
defendants under this Consent Decree will pay an additional $204,500.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Decree for 30 days following publication of this 
Notice. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environmental and Natural Resources Division, United States Department 
of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, DC 20044-
7611, and should refer to United States v. H. Brown Co., et al., D.J. 
Ref. No. 90-11-2-835A. The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at 
the Office of the United States Attorney for the Western District of 
Michigan; the Region V Office of the United States Environmental 
Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. 
A copy of the proposed Consent Decree may be obtained by mail from the 
Department of Justice Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, 
Washington, DC 20044. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check for 
reproduction costs (at 25 cents per page) in the amount of $20.25 for 
the Decree without appendices, payable to the Consent Decree Library. 
Appendices will be an additional $20.75 (total: $41.00).
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-26823 Filed 10-13-99; 8:45 am]
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