[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 48 (Wednesday, March 12, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11876-11877]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-5879]


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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, 29 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that two proposed consent decrees in United States v. 
Advanced Ross Sub Company et al., and United States v. Atlantic 
Richfield Company, et al., Civil

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Action No. C03-5117RJB were lodged on March 3, 2003, with the United 
States District Court for the Western District of Washington. These 
consent decrees require the defendants require the defendants to 
perform injunctive relief, requiring two groups of performing parties 
to perform the cleanup of the Thea Foss and Wheeler Osgood Waterway 
Problem Areas of the Commencement Bay/Nearshore Tideflats Superfund 
Site and the funding parties to pay a total of $13,000,000 to fund 
cleanup activities at 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 decrees. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environmental and Natural Resources Division, PO Box 
7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should 
refer to United States v. Advance Ross Sub Company et al., DOJ Ref. 
 90-11-2-1049/2.
    The proposed consent decrees 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, Seattle, WA 98101. During 
the comment period, the consent decrees may be examined on the 
following Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. Copies of the consent decrees also may be obtained by mail 
from the Consent Decree Library, PO 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 $161.25 (with attachments) or $28.00 
(without attachments) for United States v. Advance Ross Sub Company et 
al., and/or the amount of $184.50 (with attachments) or $41.00 (without 
attachments) for United States v. Atlantic Richfield Company, et al., 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Robert Maher,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 03-5879 Filed 3-11-03; 8:45 am]
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