[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 160 (Thursday, August 17, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 50217]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-20888]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Remedial Design/Remedial Action Consent 
Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act of 1980, as Amended

    Under Section 122(d) and (i) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9622(d) and (i), notice is hereby given 
that on August 4, 2000 a proposed Remedial Design/Remedial Action 
Consent Decree (``RD/RA consent Decree'' or ``Decree'') in United 
States v. Gateway Forest Products, Inc. et al., Civil Action No. A00-
225 CV was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
District of Alaska.
    In this action, brought against Gateway Forest Products, Inc., 
Ketchikan Pulp Company (``KPC'') and Louisiana-Pacific Corporation 
(``L-P'') (collectively, ``defendants'') pursuant to Sections 106, 107 
and 113 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. Secs. 9606, 9607 and 9613, the United 
States is seeking recovery of its past response costs, performance of 
remedial action by the defendants, and a declaration of the defendants' 
liability for further response costs associated with the Ketchikan Pulp 
Company Superfund Site (``the Site''). The Site is located 
approximately three miles northeast of Ketchikan, Alaska in and along 
the shoreline of Ward Cove.
    The RD/RA Consent Decree requires defendants to implement the 
remedial actions selected by EPA for both the Marine and Uplands 
Operable Units of the Site on March 29, 2000 and June 7, 2000, 
respectively. The estimated cost of implementing the remedial actions 
is slightly more than $6.1 million. The Decree also resolves the 
government's claims for past response costs by requiring KPC and L-P to 
reimburse the Hazardous Substances Superfund in the amount of 
$371,057.00. It provides further for payment of future response costs, 
i.e., those associated with overseeing implementation of the remedial 
actions.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the RD/RA 
Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, 
U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20044-7611, and should 
refer to United States v. Gateway Forest Products, Inc. et al., D.J. 
Ref. 90-11-3-1726.
    The proposed Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, 222 West Seventh 
Avenue, Room 253, Anchorage, Alaska 99513-7567, and at U.S. EPA Region 
10, Hazardous Waste Records Center, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, 
Washington 98101. A copy of the RD/RA Consent Decree may also be 
obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20044-7611. In requesting a 
copy of the Decree, please enclose a check in the amount of $137.25 (25 
cents per page reproduction cost) made payable to the Consent Decree 
Library. Alternatively, a copy exclusive of exhibits may be requested 
and paid for with a check in the amount of $20.75 made payable to the 
Consent Decree Library.

Bruce S. Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment & Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 00-20888 Filed 8-16-00; 8:45 am]
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