[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 53 (Monday, March 19, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 12030]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-05469]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On March, 12, 2018, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the District 
of Idaho in the lawsuit entitled United States of America v. Placer 
Mining Company, Inc. (dba New Bunker Hill Mining Co.) and Robert 
Hopper, Jr., Civil Action No. 2:04-cv-00126.
    The Complaint initiating this matter seeks reimbursement of 
response costs incurred and to be incurred for response actions taken 
at or in connection with the release or threatened release of hazardous 
substances at the Bunker Hill Mine property in Kellogg, Idaho pursuant 
to Section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607 (CERCLA).
    Under the proposed Consent Decree, Defendants have agreed to 
reimburse the United States over 80 percent of its costs incurred in 
connection with the Bunker Hill Mine property and have agreed to 
dismiss, with prejudice, Defendants' claims for damages in a certain 
Fifth Amendment ``takings'' case pending in the matter captioned Placer 
Mining Company, Inc. d/b/a/the New Bunker Hill Mining Co. v. United 
States in the Court of Federal Claims, Civil Case No. 01-27 L.
    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 of America v. Placer Mining Company, Inc. 
(dba New Bunker Hill Mining Co.) and Robert Hopper, Jr., D.J. Ref. No. 
90-11-3-128/3. 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 Consent Decree may be 
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department website: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. 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 $28.25 (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. 2018-05469 Filed 3-16-18; 8:45 am]
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