[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 47 (Tuesday, March 11, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11581-11582]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-5754]


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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 a proposed consent decree in United States v. Mary 
Jane Anderson, et al., Civil Action No. C03-5107RBL was lodged on 
February 26, 2003, with the United States District Court for the 
Western District of Washington. The Consent Decree resolves claims by 
the United States under the Act, as amended, (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 
9601, et seq., for recovery of past and future response costs from 
twenty-six parties consisting of companies, individuals and local 
government agencies associated with the Hylebos Waterway Problem Areas 
within the Commencement Bay/Nearshore Tideflats Superfund Site (``CB/NT 
Site'') as identified in the Record of Decision for Operable Unit 01 of 
the CB/NT Site. The proposed Consent Decree also would resolve 
potential counterclaims by private parties against five federal 
agencies for contribution under CERCLA section 113. This consent decree 
requires the settling parties to pay a total of $15,435,752 to 
reimburse the United States for costs incurred and to be incurred at 
the Hylebos Waterway Problem Areas of the CB/NT 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, Environmental and Natural Resources Division, P.O. 
Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and 
should refer to United States v. Mary Jane Anderson, et al., DOJ Ref. 
90-11-3-07865.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, 601 Union Street, Suite 5100, Seattle, WA 98101 
and at U.S. EPA Region 10, 1200 Sixth Avenue,

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Seattle, WA 98101. During the comment period, the consent decree may be 
examined on the following Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the consent 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 or by faxing or e-
mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood ([email protected]), fax 
no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In 
requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $16.75 (with 
attachments) or $15.00 (without attachments) for United States v. Mary 
Jane Anderson, et al., (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to 
the U.S. Treasury.

Robert Maher,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 03-5754 Filed 3-10-03; 8:45 am]
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