[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 89 (Monday, May 10, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 25070]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-11666]


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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 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. The 
Port of Seattle, et al., Civil Action No. C99-665-R, was lodged on 
April 30, 1999, 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, which 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 the Interior, for 
natural resource damages at the Tulalip Landfill Superfund Site that 
have resulted from the release of hazardous substances at the Site. 
Under the Consent Decree, six private parties, the Tulalip Tribes of 
Washington and the United States on behalf of the United States Navy 
and the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs, will pay a total of 
$675,348 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, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States v. The Port of Seattle, et al., DOJ Ref. #90-11-3-1412/6.
    The proposed consent decree 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., 3rd Floor, Washington, 
DC 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, NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy 
please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount 
of $4.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent 
Decree Library.
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-11666 Filed 5-7-99; 8:45 am]
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