[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 64 (Thursday, April 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 15918]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8528]


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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 a proposed consent decree in United States v. Ace 
Galvanizing, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 97-152C, was lodged on 
January 30, 1997, with the United States District Court for the Western 
District of Washington. The Consent Decree requires each defendant to 
compensate the trustees for natural resource damages at the Tulalip 
Landfill Superfund Site on Ebey Island in Puget Sound, resulting from 
the release of hazardous substances at the Site. The Trustees consist 
of the State of Washington Department of Ecology, the Tulalip Tribes of 
Washington, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the 
United States Department of Commerce, and the United States Department 
of Interior. Under the Consent Decree, 184 de minimis waste 
contributors, including 6 federal agencies and 2 state agencies, will 
pay a total of $725,048.00 for natural resource damages.
    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 for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. Ace Galvanizing, Inc., et al., DOJ Ref. #90-11-3-
1412a.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, 1010 Fifth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104; the 
Region 10 Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Sixth 
Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104, and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G 
Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy 
of the proposed consent decree may be obtained in person or by mail 
from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, 
Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy please refer to the 
referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $5.50 (25 cents 
per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resource Division.
[FR Doc. 97-8528 Filed 4-2-97; 8:45 am]
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