[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 20 (Friday, January 30, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5139-5140]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-01697]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On January 23, 2015 the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Eastern 
District of Washington in the lawsuit entitled United States v. Spokane 
County, Washington, Civil Action No. 15-00018.
    The proposed Consent Decree resolves the claims alleged in the 
Complaint, filed concurrently with the lodging of the Decree, against 
Spokane County under Sections 107(a) and 106 of CERCLA, seeking the 
recovery of the United States' response costs and performance of a 
removal action for the Vermiculite Northwest--Spokane County Superfund 
Site (``Site''). The County is the owner of the Site, which was 
formerly owned and operated as a vermiculite ore processing facility. 
The County installed a cap over asbestos-contaminated soils at the 
Site, and subsequently, EPA selected a removal action that requires the 
County to implement institutional controls that provide for, inter 
alia, maintenance of the cap and restrictions on soil disturbing 
activities that might cause a release of asbestos. The proposed Consent 
Decree requires the County to perform the removal action by recording 
and complying with an Environmental Covenant attached to the Decree and 
reimburse the United States' past costs of $101,796.50, as well as 
future response costs.

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    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
and should refer to United States v. Spokane County, Washington, D.J. 
Ref. No. 90-11-3-10899. 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 email............................  [email protected].
By mail.............................  Assistant Attorney General, U.S.
                                       DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
                                       Washington, DC 20044-7611.
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    During the public comment period, the proposed 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 $15.25 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Susan M. Akers,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-01697 Filed 1-29-15; 8:45 am]
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