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Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA'')

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[Federal Register: August 21, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 162)]
[Notices]
[Page 50555]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

 
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA'')

    Pursuant to section 122(d)(2) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(d)(2), 
notice is hereby given that on July 28, 2003, a Consent Decree with 
Robert Dwight Weed, Jr. was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the Eastern District of Michigan in the matter of United 
States v. Robert Dwight Weed, Jr., No. 2:03-CV-72897 (E.D. Mich.).
    In that action the United States seeks to recover from the 
Defendant pursuant to sections 107 and 113(g)(2) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as 
amended, (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607 and 9613(g)(2), the costs 
incurred and to be incurred by the United States in responding to the 
release and/or threatened release of hazardous substances at and from 
the Durako Paint Site (or ``Site'') in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.
    Under the proposed Partial Consent Decree, Defendant Robert Dwight 
Weed, Jr. Will pay $30,000 to the Hazardous Substances Superfund in 
reimbursement of the costs incurred by the United States at the Site.
    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. Robert Dwight Weed, Jr., (No. 2:03-CV-72897 (E.D. 
Mich.) (DOJ Ref. No. 90-11-3-07511).
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Eastern District of Michigan, 211 W. Fort Street, 
Detroit, Michigan 48226-3211; and at EPA Region 5, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., 
Chicago, Illinois 60604 (contact Sherry L. Estes, Esq., (312) 886-
7164). 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 Exit Disclaimer.
 A copy of the Partial Consent Decree may 
also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 
7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611 or by 
faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood 
(tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation 
number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the Consent Decree 
Library, please refer to United States v. Robert Dwight Weed, Jr., (No. 
2:03-CV-72897 (E.D. Mich.) (DOJ Ref. No. 90-11-3-07511), and enclose a 
check in the amount of $5.00 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.

William Brighton,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
& Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 03-21389 Filed 8-20-03; 8:45 am]

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