[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 13, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 56858]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-28367]


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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 October 26, 2001, the United States of America, by 
and through Department of Justice on behalf of the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), lodged with the United 
States District Court for the District of Idaho a Consent Decree 
resolving the United States' claims against defendant the J.R. Simplot 
Company in this action.
    The Consent Decree requires Simplot to implement EPA's selected 
remedy for the Simplot Operable Unit of the Site, and to reimburse 
costs incurred by EPA in response to releases of hazardous substances 
at the Site. The Consent Decree also requires Simplot to reimburse the 
United States for all future costs incurred by the United States in 
overseeing Simplot's implementation of EPA's selected remedy for the 
Simplot Operable Unit of the Site.
    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. FMC, DOJ Ref. #90-7-1-889/1.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Region 10 Office 
of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, WA 
98104 (206) 553-1504, and may be obtained from the Office of the United 
States Attorney for the District of Idaho, P.O. Box 32, Boise, Idaho 
83707 (208) 334-1211. A copy of the proposed Consent Decree may also be 
obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G 
Street, NW., 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In requesting copies 
please refer to United States v. FMC, No. C99-296-E-BLW (D. Idaho), 
specify the Consent Decree you wish to receive, and enclose a check 
payable to the Consent Decree Library in the amount of twenty dollars 
(25 cents per page reproduction costs).

Robert E. Maher, Jr.,
Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources 
Division.
[FR Doc. 01-28367 Filed 11-9-01; 8:45 am]
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