[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 222 (Thursday, November 18, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67606-67607]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-25533]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980

    Notice is hereby given that on November 5, 2004 a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. the Atlantic Richfield Company, an action 
under Sections 107 and 113 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (``CERCLA'') as amended, 42 
U.S.C. 9607 and 9613, was lodged with the United States District Court 
for the District of Utah, Case No. 2:04CV01028 BSJ.
    In this action, the United States sought the recovery of costs 
incurred and to be incurred by the United States in response to 
releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances at and from the 
Eureka Mills NPL Site located in Eureka, Utah (the ``Site''). The 
United States alleged that the Atlantic Richfield Company was liable 
under CERCLA Section 107(a)(1) and (2), 42 U.S.C. 9607(a)(1) and (2), 
as a past owner and operator of a portion of the Site at the time of 
disposal and as a present owner of a portion of the Site upon which 
hazardous substances have been released, for those response costs set 
forth in CERCLA Section 107(a)(4)(A)-(D), 42 U.S.C. 96707(a)(4)(A)-(D).
    The settlement between the United States and the Atlantic Richfield 
Company provides that the Atlantic Richfield Company will implement the 
remedy for the Site selected by the Environmental Protection Agency 
(``EPA'') on those portions of the Site on which the United States has 
alleged that

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the Atlantic Richfield Company was responsible for under CERCLA. EPA 
estimates that the value of the work to be done by the Atlantic 
Richfield Company is in excess of $6.1 million.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 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. the Atlantic Richfield Company, et. al., 
DJ90-11-3-07993/3.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at U.S. EPA Region 8, 999 18th 
Street, Suite 500, Denver, Colorado, 80202. 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 $20.00 
for the Decree (excluding appendices), $51 for the Decree with 
attachments payable to the United States Treasury.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environmental and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 04-25533 Filed 11-17-04; 8:45 am]
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