[Federal Register: June 24, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 121)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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

    Pursuant to Section 122(d)(2) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9622(d)(2), 
and 28 C.F.R. Sec. 50.7, notice is hereby given that

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on June 3, 1999, a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Robert 
Bosch Corporation, Civil Action No. 1:99-CV-414, was lodged with the 
United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan for a 
period of thirty day to facilitate public comment.
    The settlement embodied in the proposed Consent Decree requires 
Bosch, the only settling party, to reimburse the Environmental 
Protection Agency (``EPA'') all unreimbursed costs associated with, and 
to perform the remedy selected by EPA for, the Bosch/Bendix Braking 
Superfund Site located in St. Joseph, Michigan. The remedial action to 
be performed by Bosch will include soil vapor extraction, natural 
attenuation of contaminated groundwater together with monitoring of 
groundwater and a contingent groundwater remediation plan if 
contamination exceeds defined triggers, and deed restrictions and other 
institutional controls to assure that contaminated groundwater will not 
be used as drinking water.
    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 Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. Robert Bosch Corporation D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-2-06028.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Western District of Michigan, 3300 Ionia Avenue, Grand 
Rapids, Michigan 49503, at the Region 5 Office of the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 
60604-3590, and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 3rd 
Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. A copy of the Consent Decree may be 
obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G 
Street, N.W., 3rd Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy, 
please refer to the above-referenced case and enclose a check in the 
amount of $23.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the 
Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-16109 Filed 6-23-99; 8:45 am]
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