[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 123 (Tuesday, June 26, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 38084]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-15438]


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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 June 18, 2012 a proposed consent 
decree (``proposed Decree'') in United States v. Enstar LLC, Civil 
Action No. 1:12-cv-01563-MSK was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the District of Colorado.
    In this action under Section 107(a) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 
9607(a) (``CERCLA''), the United States sought reimbursement of 
response costs incurred or to be incurred for response actions taken at 
or in connection with the release or threatened release of hazardous 
substances at the Butterfly and Burrell Mine Site, (the ``Site'') 
located in the White River National Forest in Rio Blanco County, 
approximately fourteen miles from the Town of Meeker, Colorado. The 
proposed Decree requires the settling defendant to pay $2,486,440 to 
the United States and the State in reimbursement of past response and 
future response costs.
    The proposed Decree provides the settling defendants with a 
covenant not to sue under Sections 106 and 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 
9606 and 9607(a).
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 
proposed Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and either emailed 
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. the Enstar LLC, D.J. Ref. DJ  90-11-3-10348.
    During the public comment period, the proposed 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 emailing a request to ``Consent Decree Copy'' 
[email protected], fax number 202-514-0097, phone confirmation 
number: 202-514-5271. If requesting a copy from the Consent Decree 
Library by mail, please enclose a check in the amount of $8.50 (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.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2012-15438 Filed 6-25-12; 8:45 am]
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