[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 209 (Tuesday, October 28, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 63993]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-25609]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

    Notice is hereby given that on October 20, 2008, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. Blue Tee Corp., et al., Civil Action No. 
6:08-cv-1316, was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
District of Kansas.
    In this action, the United States, on behalf of the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), sought the performance of 
response actions and the recovery of certain response costs incurred 
and to be incurred as a result of releases and threatened releases of 
hazardous substances from the Treece Subsite of the Cherokee County 
Superfund Site located in Cherokee County, Kansas. Pursuant to the 
proposed Consent Decree, Blue Tee Corp, Gold Fields Mining, LLC, and 
The Doe Run Resources Corporation agree to perform response actions 
collectively valued at approximately $4.6 million, and to pay certain 
response costs. The proposed Consent Decree provides the Settling 
Defendants with a covenant not to sue on the terms set forth therein 
pursuant to Sections 106 and 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 
9607(a), and Section 7003 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 
(``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 6973.
    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 
for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of 
Justice, and either emailed to [email protected] or mailed 
to P.O. Box 7611, NW., Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. Blue Tee Corp., et al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-06017/1. 
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, 1200 Epic Center, 301 N. Main Street, Wichita, KS 
67202-4812, and at the offices of EPA, Region 7, 901 N. 5th Street, 
Kansas City, Kansas 66101. 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 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 $53.25 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury or, 
if by email or fax, forward a check in that amount to the Consent 
Decree Library at the stated address.

Maureen M. Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. E8-25609 Filed 10-27-08; 8:45 am]
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