[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 118 (Thursday, June 19, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 36839]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-15439]


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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 Sec.  50.7, notice 
is hereby given that proposed consent decrees in United States v. Foss 
Maritime Co., et al., Civil Action No. C03-5331RJB were lodged on June 
12, 2003, with the United States District Court for the Western 
District of Washington. The consent decrees require defendants Marine 
Industries Northwest, Inc., Foss Maritime Company, Pioneer Industries, 
Inc., State of Washington Department of Natural Resources, the City of 
Tacoma, The City of Tacoma Department of Public Utilities, Simpson 
Tacoma Land Company, Simpson Tacoma Kraft Company, LLC, Cook's Marine 
Specialities, Stuart Cook and Western Machine Works to perform the 
cleanup of the Middle Waterway Problem Area within the Commencement 
Bay/Nearshore Tideflats Superfund 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 for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611 Washington, DC 20044-7611, and 
should refer to United States v. Foss Maritime Co., et al., DOJ Ref. 
 90-11-2-729/1.
    The proposed consent decrees may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, 601 Union Street, Seattle, WA 98101, and at 
U.S. EPA Region 10, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101. During the 
public comment period, the proposed consent decrees may also be 
examined on the following Department of Justice website, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. Copies of the proposed consent decrees 
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 copies please refer to the 
referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $64.25 (25 cents 
per page reproduction costs), payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Robert Maher,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 03-15439 Filed 6-18-03; 8:45 am]
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