[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 155 (Thursday, August 12, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 48992]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-19913]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on August 6, 2010, a proposed Consent 
Decree in the case of U.S. v. Mascot Mines, Inc., et al., Civil Action 
No. 08-383-EJL, with Defendant Zanetti Brothers, Inc., was lodged with 
the United States District Court for the District of Idaho.
    The United States filed a complaint in September 2008, on behalf of 
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), alleging that Defendant 
Zanetti Brothers, Inc., is liable pursuant to Section 107(a) of CERCLA 
for response costs incurred and to be incurred by the United States in 
connection with Operable Unit Three of the Bunker Hill Mining and 
Metallurgical Complex Superfund Site in northern Idaho. The proposed 
Consent Decree grants the Defendant a covenant not to sue for response 
costs, as well as natural resource damages, in connection with the 
Site. The United States Department of the Interior, the United States 
Department of Agriculture, and the Coeur d'Alene Tribe are trustees of 
injured natural resources at the Site, and the Tribe is a party to the 
proposed Consent Decree. The settlement requires, among other things, 
that the Defendant pay $150,000, provide $50,000 worth of construction 
materials to EPA, and grant an easement to the State of Idaho. The 
settlement also requires the Defendant to assign its interest in 
applicable insurance policies to the Coeur d'Alene Basin Insurance 
Recovery Trust, established for the benefit of EPA and the natural 
resource trustees.
    For thirty (30) days after the date of this publication, the 
Department of Justice will receive 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. In either case, the 
comments should refer to U.S. v. Mascot Mines, Inc., et al., D.J. Ref. 
No. 90-11-3-128/7.
    During the comment period, the Consent Decree may 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 $22.00 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) 
payable to the United States Treasury or, if by e-mail or fax, forward 
a check in that amount to the Consent Decree Library at the stated 
address.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-19913 Filed 8-11-10; 8:45 am]
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