[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 72 (Thursday, April 13, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 19925]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-9158]


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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 on March 31, 2000, the United States of America, on 
behalf of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), 
in a civil action styled United States v. Boomsnub, Civil Action No. 
97-5719-FDB (W.D. Wash.), the United States lodged with the United 
States District Court for the Western District of Washington a Consent 
Decree with defendants the Boomsnub Corporation, Edward Takitch and the 
Estate of Jason Niblett resolving the United States' claims in this 
action.
    The Consent Decree requires the defendants to pay $2,064,874.88 
incurred by the United States on behalf of EPA in response to releases 
of hazardous substances at the Boomsnub Superfund Site in Vancouver, 
Washington. The Consent Decree also requires the defendants to 
liquidate certain properties and pay the proceeds to the Superfund.
    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. Boomsnub, DOJ Ref. #90-11-2-1018a.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, 1010 Fifth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104. A copy of 
the proposed Consent Decree may be obtained by mail from the Consent 
Decree Library, U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division, Environmental Enforcement Section, P.O. Box 7611, 
Washington, DC 20044-7611. In requesting a copy please refer to the 
referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $8.50 (25 cents 
per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 00-9158 Filed 4-12-00; 8:45 am]
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