[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 159 (Monday, August 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44016-44017]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21745]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 C.F.R. 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Cominco 
Alaska, Inc., No. A97-267CIV (JKS) (D. Alaska), was lodged on July 14, 
1997, with the United States District Court for the District of Alaska, 
With regard to the Defendant, the Consent Decree resolves a claim filed 
by the United States on behalf of the United States Environmental 
Protection Agency (``EPA'') pursuant to the Clean Water Act, as 
amended, 33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq.
    The United States entered into the Consent Decree in connection 
with the Red Dog Mine and Mill, located approximately 90 miles north of 
Koetzebue, Alaska, The Consent Decree provides that the Defendant will 
pay to the United States a civil penalty of $1.7 million for violations 
of the Clean Water Act at the Site. Further, the Defendant will be 
required to develop and implement three Supplemental Environmental 
Projects set forth in the Consent Decree, at an estimated capital cost 
of $3.1 million.
    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. Cominco Alaska, Inc., DOJ Reg. #90-5-1-1-5010.

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    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, 222 West Seventh Avenue #9, Anchorage, Alaska 
99513-7567; the Region 10 office of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, Washington; 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 refer to 
the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $25.50 (25 
cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree 
Library.

Bruce S. Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 97-21745 Filed 8-15-97; 8:45 am]
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