[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 218 (Friday, November 9, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 67396]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-27436]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under The 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

    On November 5, 2012, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
consent decree with the United States District Court for the Western 
District of Washington in the lawsuit entitled United States v. Index 
Sportsmen, Inc. (aka Index Sportsmen Club), Civil Action No. 12-1949.
    The United States filed this CERCLA lawsuit on behalf of the United 
States Forest Service. The complaint requests recovery of costs that 
the United States incurred responding to releases of hazardous 
substances at the Index Shooting Range Site in the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie 
National Forest near Index, Washington. Index Sportsmen, Inc., operated 
a trap shooting range at the site for more than 60 years and the site 
is contaminated with lead and arsenic from discarded shot. The proposed 
consent decree requires total payments of about $687,000, which 
includes $600,000 to be paid by American States Insurance Company. In 
return, the United States agrees not to sue the defendant under 
sections 106 and 107(a) of CERCLA.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
should refer to United States v. Index Sportsmen, Inc., D.J. Ref. No. 
90-11-3-10090. All comments must be submitted no later than thirty (30) 
days after the publication date of this notice. Comments may be 
submitted either by email or by mail:

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          To submit comments:                     Send them to:
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By e-mail..............................  [email protected].
By mail................................  Assistant Attorney General U.S.
                                          DOJ--ENRD P.O. Box 7611
                                          Washington, D.C. 20044-7611.
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    During the public comment period, the consent decree may be 
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. We will provide a paper copy 
of the Consent Decree upon written request and payment of reproduction 
costs. Please mail your request and payment to: Consent Decree Library, 
U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611.
    Please enclose a check or money order for $5.75 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Robert E. Maher, Jr.,
Acting Deputy Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2012-27436 Filed 11-8-12; 8:45 am]
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