[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 213 (Tuesday, November 4, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 59732]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-29082]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decrees Pursuant to the 
Comprehensive, Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(CERCLA)

    In accordance with the Departmental policy, 28 CFR Sec. 50.7, and 
42 U.S.C. 9622(d), notice is hereby given that on October 16, 1967, the 
trustees for natural resources at the Tulalip Landfill Superfund Site 
on Ebey Island in Puget Sound, Washington (``the Site'') lodged with 
the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington 
a civil natural resource damages complaint against defendants the 
Boeing Company, Kaiser Cement Corporation, Safeway Inc., Richard 
Halffman, Washington Iron Works, Seattle Goodwill Industries, Manson 
Construction Co., Inc. and R.W. Rhine, Inc. in the civil action styled 
United States v. The Boeing Company, et al., Civil Action No. 97-1648-
WD. On the same day, the trustees lodged two consent decrees resolving 
the trustees claims against all defendants except R.W. Rhine and 
Seattle Goodwill Industries.
    The consent decrees require the defendants to compensate the 
trustees for natural resource damages 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 decrees, the settling defendants will pay a total of 
$183,068 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 decrees. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC. 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. The Boeing Company, et al., DOJ Ref. #90-11-3-1412D.
    The proposed consent decrees may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, 1010 Fifth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104, and at 
the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, 
DC. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed consent decrees may 
be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library. In 
requesting copies please refer to the referenced case, specify which 
decree or decrees you would like to receive, and enclose a check 
payable to the Consent Decree Library in the amount of $12.00 for the 
decree with Boeing, Kaiser, Safeway, Halffman and Washington Iron Works 
(48 pages), and/or $8.50 for the decree with Manson Construction Co., 
Inc. (34 pages) (25 cents per page reproduction costs).
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-29082 Filed 11-3-97; 8:45 am]
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