[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 242 (Monday, December 18, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65067-65068]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-30632]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 C.F.R. Sec. 50.7, notice 
is hereby given that on September 29, 1995, a proposed Consent Decree 
in United States of America v. The Port of Seattle, et al., Civil 
Action No. C95-1495-Z, was lodged with the United States District Court 
for the Western District of Washington.
    The Complaint in this action was brought pursuant to Section 107 of 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability 
Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607, to require the defendants to implement EPA's 
selected cleanup for the Site, and to recover costs incurred by the 
United States in response to releases of hazardous 

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substances at the Harbor Island Superfund Site in Seattle, Washington.
    The proposed Consent Decree that is the subject of this Notice 
requires the defendants to complete the cleanup selected by EPA for the 
Soil and Groundwater Operable Units of the Site. The United States 
estimates that the cleanup expense will be approximately $40 million. 
The Consent Decree also requires the defendants to reimburse the United 
States for all costs it shall incur in overseeing the completion of the 
cleanup.
    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 Environmental and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, 
D.C. 20044. Comments should refer to United States of America v. the 
Port of Seattle, et al., Civil Action No. C95-1495-Z, DOJ Ref. No. 90-
11-2-970A.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of 
Regional Counsel, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Sixth Avenue, 
Seattle, Washington (206) 553-1504; and at the Consent Decree Library, 
1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, (202) 624-0892. A 
copy of the proposed Consent Decree may be obtained in person or by 
mail from the Consent Decree Library. In requesting a copy please refer 
to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $18.00 (25 
cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent Decree 
Library.
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 95-30632 Filed 12-15-95; 8:45 am]
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