[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 155 (Thursday, August 10, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 49016]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-20295]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under Section 107 of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liabilities Act

    Notice is hereby given that on July 26, 2000 a proposed Consent 
Decree (``Decree'') in United States v. Spokane Metals Co., et al., 
Civil Action No. CS-00-0255-FZS (E.D. Wash.), was lodged with the 
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. 
The United States filed this action pursuant to sections 106 and 107 of 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607, for recovery of response 
costs incurred by the United States as a result of releases of various 
hazardous substances at the Spokane Junkyard and Associated Sites in 
Spokane, Washington. During its years of operation, the Spokane Metals 
Company purchased scrap items from many sources in eastern Washington 
and northern Idaho, including many used electrical transformers, large 
industrial batteries and large mercury switches. Releases of hazardous 
substances from these items over several decades contaminated the 12.5 
acre site.
    This Decree will require the named defendants to reimburse the 
United States $680,000 for costs incurred in responding to the releases 
of hazardous substances, implement institutional controls, provide for 
the operation and maintenance at the Site, and pay EPA's future 
oversight costs. The Consent Decree also includes three federal PRPs as 
Settling Federal Agencies: the Department of Energy's Bonneville Power 
Administration; the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation; 
and the Department of the Navy.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Decree. 
Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General of the 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice, 
Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to, United States v. Spokane 
Metals Co., et al., Civil Action No. CS-00-0255-FZS (E.D.Wash.) and 
D.J. Ref. #90-11-3-1020.
    The Decree may be examined at the office United States Department 
of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Denver Field 
Office, 999 18th Street, North Tower Suite 945, Denver, Colorado, 
80202. A copy of the Decree may also be obtained by mail from the 
Department of Justice Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, 
Washington, D.C. 20044-7611. In requesting a copy, please enclose a 
check in the amount of $15.25 for the Decree (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Bruce Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Environmental 
Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 00-20295 Filed 8-9-00; 8:45 am]
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