[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 157 (Wednesday, August 15, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 45827]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-3998]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United 
States v. Alder-Gold Copper Company, Civil Action No. 2:07-CV-00255-
EFS, was lodged on August 3, 2007 with the United States District Court 
for the Eastern District of Washington. The United States filed this 
action pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act seeking clean up of groundwater 
contamination and recovery of costs incurred at the Alder Mill Site in 
Okanogan County, Washington.
    The Consent Decree resolves the United States' claims by requiring 
the defendant Alder-Gold Copper Company to sell three parcels of land 
and pay a portion of the proceeds of the sale to the United States to 
reimburse the United States for its costs in cleaning up the Site. The 
United States estimates that the Consent Decree will result in the 
payment of between $200,000 and $300,000 to the Superfund.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
either e-mailed to [email protected] or mailed to P.O. Box 
7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should 
refer to United States v. Alder-Gold Copper Company, DOJ Ref 
90-11-3-08880.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, 920 W. Riverside Ave, Suite 340, Spokane, 
Washington 99201, and at the Region X Office of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98101. During 
the public comment period, the proposed consent decree may also be 
examined on the Department of Justice Web site, at  http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the proposed 
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 number (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 $20.25 
(or $4.75, for a copy that omits the exhibits and signature pages) (25 
cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury or, if 
by e-mail or fax, forward a check in that amount to the Consent Decree 
Library at the stated address.

W. Benjamin Fisherow,
Deputy Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 07-3998 Filed 8-14-07; 8:45 am]
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