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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 

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

    Consistent with Department of Justice policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice 
is hereby given that on November 21, 1994, a proposed consent decree in 
United States v. Port of Tacoma Case No.        (W.D. Wash.) was lodged 
with the United States District Court for the Western District of 
Washington. The consent decree resolves claims against the Port of 
Tacoma, brought under Section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation and Liability Act, as amended (CERCLA), 42 
U.S.C. 9607, for the recovery of past and future response costs 
incurred and to be incurred on six parcels of properties (Settlement 
Properties), which will be transferred from the Port of Tacoma to the 
United States to hold in trust for the Puyallup Tribe of Indians.
    This settlement is also brought in reference to the Puyallup Land 
Settlement Agreement which was incorporated into federal law by the 
Washington Indian (Puyallup) Land Claims Settlement Act of 1989, 25 
U.S.C. 1773. The Consent Decree sets forth the roles and 
responsibilities of the Puyallup Tribe, the Port and EPA with regard to 
the Settlement Properties and provides for the payment of $65,690 in 
past costs and all future costs to be incurred.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed consent decree for a period of thirty (30) days from the date 
of this publication. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, PO Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, 
DC 20044, and refer to United States v. Port of Tacoma, DOJ number 90-
11-2-737.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Offices of the United 
States Attorney for the Western District of Washington, 3600 Seafirst 
Fifth Avenue Plaza, 800 Fifth Avenue, Seattle, Washington, at the 
Region 10 Office of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, 
1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98101, and at the Consent Decree 
Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005 (telephone 
number (202) 624-0892). A copy of the proposed consent decree may be 
obtained by mail or in person from the Consent Decree Library. When 
requesting a copy of the consent decree, please enclose a check in the 
amount of $15.50 (25 cents per page reproduction costs) payable to the 
``Consent Decree Library''. When requesting a copy please refer to 
United States v.  Port of Tacoma (W.D. Wash.), DOJ Case number 90-11-2-
737.
Joel Gross,
Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 94-29874 Filed 12-5-94; 8:45 am]
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