[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 47 (Monday, March 11, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10931-10932]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-5754]


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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 three proposed consent decrees in United States v. 
Quemetco, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. CV-02-225-C, were lodged on 
January 31, 2002, with the United States District Court for the Western 
District of Washington. The consent decrees require the defendants 
Quemetco, Inc., BFI Waste Systems of North America, Inc., and the 
University of Washington, to compensate the trustees for natural 
resource damages at the Tualip Landfill Superfund Site, which consist 
of the State of Washington Department of Ecology, the Tulalip Tribes of 
Washington, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the

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United States Department of Commerce, and the United States Department 
of Interior, for natural resource damages at the Tualip Landfill 
Superfund Site that have resulted from the release of hazardous 
substances at the Site. Under the consent decrees Quemetco will pay 
$39, 839 for natural resource damages, BFI Waste Systems of North 
America will pay $37, 981, and the University of Washington will pay 
$39, 139.
    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 decrees. 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. Quemetco, Inc., et al., DOJ Ref. #90-11-3-1412/9.
    The proposed consent decrees may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, 101 Fifth Avenue, Seattle WA 98104. A copy of 
the proposed consent decrees may also be obtained by mail from the 
Consent Decree Library, PO Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, 
Washington, DC 20044-7611 or by faxing a request to Tonia Fleetwood, 
fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In 
requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $5.00 (25 
cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Robert E. Maher, Jr.,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-5754 Filed 3-8-02; 8:45 am]
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