[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 134 (Thursday, July 14, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 40734]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-13836]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on June 30, 2005, 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 Debtor 
Kaiser Aluminum Corporation and certain of its Debtor affiliates, 
including Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation, resolves CERCLA 
claims relating to the Mica Landfill site in Spokane County, 
Washington. Under the Consent Decree, the United States' claim in 
relation to the Site would be allowed in the amount of $68,292 in the 
bankruptcy.
    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, PO 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 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, 1007 Orange Street, Suite 
700, PO Box 2046, Wilmington, DE 19899-2046, and at the Regional 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, 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 from the Consent Decree 
Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $26.00 (25 cents per 
page production 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. 05-13836 Filed 7-13-05; 8:45 am]
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