[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 211 (Wednesday, November 2, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 66463]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-21884]


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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 October 18, 2005, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. Chemical Waste Management, Inc., an action 
under section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (``CERCLA''), amended, 42 
U.S.C. 9607, was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
District of Colorado, Case No. 05-CV-02053 ZLW-MJW (D. Colo.).
    In this action, the United States sought the recovery of past 
response costs incurred by the United States in connection with removal 
actions implemented in 1999 by the Environmental Protection Agency at 
the Weld County Waste Disposal Site (``Site''), Weld County, Colorado. 
In its complaint, the United States alleged that Chemical Waste 
Management, Inc., by virtue of its status as a successor to the 
liabilities of Waste Transport, Inc., is liable under section 107(a)(4) 
of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a)(4), as a person ``who * * * accepted any 
hazardous substances for transport to disposal * * * facilities * * * 
selected by such person, from which there is a release, or a threatened 
release which causes the incurrence of response costs.''
    The settlement between the United States and Chemical Waste 
Management, Inc. provides for the recovery of $1,025,442 in past costs 
incurred by EPA in connection with removal actions implemented in 1999 
at the Site and reserves any claims that the United States may have 
against Chemical Waste Management, Inc., for, among other things, 
future response costs and natural resource damages.
    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, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 
PO Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to United 
States v. Chemical Waste Management, Inc., DJ 90-7-1-831/2.
    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, 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 $3.00 
for the Decree payable to the United States Treasury.

Robert D. Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 05-21884 Filed 11-1-05; 8:45 am]
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