[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 183 (Friday, September 19, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54430-54431]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-21863]


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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 September 12, 2008, a proposed 
consent decree in United States of America and California Department of 
Toxic Substances Control (``DTSC'') v. Newmont Capital Limited and 
Newmont Mining Corporation of Canada Limited, Civil No. 2:08-at-1061, 
was lodged with the United States District Court for the Eastern 
District of California.
    This Consent Decree resolves claims asserted by the United States 
and DTSC

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in a complaint filed on September 12, 2008, against the settling 
defendants pursuant to Section 107(a) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 
42 U.S.C. 9607(a), for the recovery of response costs related to 
releases and threatened releases of hazardous substances from the Lava 
Cap Mine Superfund Site located in Nevada County, California (``the 
Site'').
    The proposed Consent Decree provides for the payment by the 
settling defendants of $3 million in response costs incurred at the 
Site, including $1,860,000 to be paid to the United States and 
$1,140,000 to be paid to DTSC.
    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, 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 of America and California Department of Toxic Substances 
Control v. Newmont Capital Limited and Newmont Mining Corporation of 
Canada Limited, D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-09404.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney for the Eastern District of California, 501 I Street, 
Suite 10-100, Sacramento, CA 95814, and at U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 9, Office of Regional Counsel, 75 Hawthorne 
Street, San Francisco, California 94105. 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/Consent_Decrees.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 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 $6.25 (.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.

Henry Friedman,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. E8-21863 Filed 9-18-08; 8:45 am]
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