[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 225 (Friday, November 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62347-62348]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30585]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, and 42 U.S.C. 
9622(d), notice is hereby given that on October 31, 1997, 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 consent 
decrees against defendants Seattle Goodwill Industries and R.W. Rhine, 
Inc. in the civil action styled United States v. The Boeing Company, et 
al., Civil Action No. C97-1648-WD.
    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

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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, R.W. 
Rhine will pay $26,734 and Seattle Goodwill Industries will pay $19,102 
for natural resources 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, D.C. 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, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, 
D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed consent decrees 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 
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 $7.00 for the decree with R.W. 
Rhine and/or $7.50 for the decree with Seattle Goodwill Industries (25 
cents per page reproduction costs).
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-30585 Filed 11-20-97; 8:45 am]
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