[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 183 (Thursday, September 20, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 58409]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-23168]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging Proposed Consent Decree

    In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in Nu-West Mining, Inc. and 
Nu-West Industries, Inc. v. United States, Civil Action No. 90-431-E-
BLW, was lodged with the United States District Court for the District 
of Idaho on September 7, 2012.
    The proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by Nu-West 
Mining, Inc. and Nu-West Industries, Inc. (collectively ``Nu-West'') 
against the United States under Sections 107 and 113 of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607 and 9613, seeking to hold the United 
States liable for past and future response costs relating to the clean-
up of contamination at four phosphate mines in Southeast Idaho. The 
United States counterclaimed against Nu-West under Sections 107 and 113 
of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607 and 9613, seeking to hold Nu-West liable for 
these response costs. The proposed Consent Decree resolves all asserted 
claims and counterclaims by allocating response costs between Nu-West 
and the United States.
    The Department of Justice will accept written comments relating to 
the proposed Consent Decree for thirty (30) days from the date of 
publication of this Notice. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
and either emailed to [email protected] or mailed to the 
United States Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington DC 
20044-7611. Please refer to Nu-West Mining, Inc. and Nu-West 
Industries, Inc. v. United States, DJ  90-11-3-1776/5.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, 
United States District Court for the District of Idaho, 801 E. Sherman 
Street, Room 119, Pocatello, ID 83201. In addition, the proposed 
Consent Decree may be examined electronically 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, United States 
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611, or by 
emailing or faxing a request to ``Consent Decree Copy'' 
([email protected]), fax number (202) 514-0097, phone 
confirmation number (202) 514-5271. In requesting a copy from the 
Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $6.75 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the United States 
Treasury.

Cherie L. Rogers,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment & 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2012-23168 Filed 9-19-12; 8:45 am]
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