[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 67 (Wednesday, April 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 17212]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9149]


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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 March 10, 1998, 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 Ace Tank Co., 
Bill Pierre Ford Co., Broadmoor Golf Club, Crowley Marine Services, 
Inc., Delta Marine, Inc., Evergreen-Washelli, Inc., Mehrer Drywall, 
Inc., McFarland Wrecking Co., People's National Bank, N.A., Sato 
Corporation, Seafood Processing, Inc., Seattle Golf Club, and Smith & 
Son, Inc., in the civil action styled United States v. Ace Tank Co., 
Civil Action No. C98-0300-R. On the same day, the trustees lodged a 
consent decree resolving the claims stated against the defendants in 
the complaint.
    The consent decree requires 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 defendants will pay a total of $22,276 
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. Act Tank Co., DOJ Ref. #90-11-3-1412E.
    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 / (202) 624-0892. In requesting copies 
please refer to the referenced case, specify the decree you would like 
to receive, and enclose a check payable to the Consent Decree Library 
in the amount of $12.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs).
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-9149 Filed 4-7-98; 8:45 am]
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