[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 201 (Friday, October 17, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 59822]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-26242]


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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. State 
of Washington Through The Washington Department of Natural Resources, 
Civil Action No. C03-5543RBL was lodged on October 6, 2003, with the 
United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. 
The consent decree requires the defendant 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, P.O. 
Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and 
should refer to United States v. State of Washington Through The 
Washington Department of Natural Resources, DOJ Ref. 90-11-2-
1049/1.
    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, 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 $11.25, (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Robert Maher,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 03-26242 Filed 10-16-03; 8:45 am]
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