[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 105 (Thursday, June 1, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31213-31214]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-5018]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on May 3, 2006, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. Portland Terminal Railroad Company, Case No. 
03-1763 was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
District of Oregon.
    In this action the United States sought recovery of response costs 
incurred and to be incurred in connection with the clean up of the 
United States Postal Service's Processing and Distribution Center in 
Portland, Oregon. The Postal Service facility is the former location of 
a rail yard owned and operated by the

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Defendant, Portland Terminal Railroad Company. The Consent Decree 
provides that the Railroad will pay seventy percent of the United 
States' past costs, a total of $550,000. In addition, the Railroad 
agrees to pay 87.5% of the United States' future costs, provided that 
the selected remedy for the site is based on a particular land use.
    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, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. Portland Terminal Railroad Company, D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-
07801.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, District of Oregon, 1000 SW. Third Ave., Suite 600, 
Portland, OR 97204-2902. During the comment period, the Consent Decree 
may 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 $13.50 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) 
payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Robert E. Maher, Jr.,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 06-5018 Filed 5-31-06; 8:45am]
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