[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 159 (Wednesday, August 18, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51324-51325]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-18939]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree in In Re Kaiser Aluminum 
Corporation Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)

    Notice is hereby given that on August 13, 2004, a proposed Consent 
Decree was lodged with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the 
District of Delaware in In re Kaiser Aluminum Corp., et al., No. 02-
10429. The Consent Decree among the United States on behalf of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, the State of Washington, and 
D[eacute]btor Kaiser Aluminum Corporation and certain of its Debtor 
affiliates, including Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation, resolves 
CERCLA claims relating to property owned by the Debtors in Mead, 
Washington and has provisions relating to Debtors' CERCLA liability for 
the Mead Aluminum Reduction Works facility and other nearby property. 
Under the Consent Decree, Debtors will convey property they own to a 
Custodial Trust that will undertake needed response action at the Site. 
Debtors will provide $2,250,000 in funding for the Trust and an $18 
million dollar insurance policy that will cover certain work at the 
Site.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
Consent Decree for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of this 
publication. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, 
U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer 
to In re Kaiser Aluminum Corporation, et al., DJ Ref. No. 90-11-3-
07769/1. Commenters may request an opportunity for a public

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meeting in the affected area, in accordance with Section 7003(d) of 
RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6973(d).
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney for the District of Delaware, 1201 Market Street, Suite 
1100, Wilmington, DE, and at the Region 10 Office of the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Sixth Ave., Seattle, WA 98101. 
During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may also 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 from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a 
check in the amount of $26.00 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) 
payable to the U.S. Treasury for the entire Consent Decree and 
attachments or the amount of $9.75 for the Consent Decree without 
attachments.

W. Benjamin Fisherow,
Deputy Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 04-18939 Filed 8-17-04; 8:45 am]
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