[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 213 (Friday, November 2, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55697-55698]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-27608]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreement and Consent Decree 
Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and 
Liability Act

    Under 28 CFR 50.7 and pursuant to section 122(d)(2) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 
42 U.S.C.. 9622(d)(2), notice is hereby given that on October 10, 2001, 
a proposed Settlement Agreement and Consent Decree (``Decree'') in 
United States and State of Colorado v. Robert Friedland, Civil No. 96-
N-1213, was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
District of Colorado. The United States and State of Colorado filed 
this action pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act for recovery of costs incurred by the 
United States and State of Colorado in responding to releases of 
hazardous substances at the Summitville Mine Superfund Site near Del 
Norte, Colorado.
    Pursuant to the proposed Decree, the United States and State of 
Colorado will have an allowed general unsecured claim jointly against 
defendant Industrial Constructors Corp. and also against Washington 
Group International, Inc., and Washington Contractors Group, Inc. in 
the amount of $20,288,080 in the Bankruptcy Case captioned In re: 
Washington Group International, Inc. Case No. BK-N-01-31627 (GWZ) 
(Bankr. D. Nev.). This general unsecured claim will resolve the claims 
of the United States and the State of Colorado against defendant 
Industrial Constructors Corp. in United States and State of Colorado v. 
Robert Friedland, Civil No. 96-N-1213 (D. Colo.) and also will resolve 
the claims of the State of Colorado against defendants Washington Group 
International, Inc., Washington Contractors Group, Inc., and Dennis 
Washington in United States v. Sunoco, Inc., et al., Civil No. 01-N-1 
(D. Colo.).
    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, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to, 
United States and State of Colorado v. Robert Friedland, Civil No. 96-
N-1213, and D.J. Ref. #90-11-3-1133B.
    The Decree may be examined at the office of the U.S. Department of 
Justice, Environmental Enforcement Section, 999 18th Street, Suite 945, 
North Tower, Denver, Colorado; at U.S. EPA Region 8, Office of Regional 
Counsel, 999 18th Street, Suite 300, South Tower, Denver Colorado. A 
copy of the Decree may also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree 
Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 
20044-7611. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount 
of $5.75 (25 cents per page reproduction

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cost) payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Robert D. Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-27608 Filed 11-1-01; 8:45 am]
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