[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 5 (Wednesday, January 8, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 934-935]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-00045]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On December 19, 2019, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Northern 
District of Oklahoma in the lawsuit entitled United States, et al. v. 
Cyprus Amax Minerals Company, Case No. 4:19-cv-00697-GKF-JFJ. The 
proposed Consent Decree resolves the United States' claims, on behalf 
of the United States Department of the Interior, and claims of the 
Cherokee Nation, the Delaware Tribe of Indians, and the Osage Nation 
(``Plaintiffs'' or ``trustees''), under Section 107 of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607, for the recovery of damages for injury 
to, destruction of, loss of, and loss of use of natural resources and 
their services resulting from the release and threat of a release of 
hazardous substances at and from the National Zinc Corporation Site, 
including one or more smelters, located near West 11th and Virginia 
Streets, on the west side of Bartlesville, Washington County, Oklahoma. 
Plaintiffs are trustees for those natural resources. Under the proposed 
Consent Decree, Cyprus Amax agrees to pay the sum of $1,696,500 to 
reimburse the trustees for past assessment costs and to fund future 
restoration actions to resolve the Plaintiffs' claims.
    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, et al. v. Cyprus Amax Minerals Company, 
Case No. 4:19-cv-00697-GKF-JFJ, D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-2-10689. 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

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and downloaded at this Justice Department website: 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 $7.75 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Thomas Carroll,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2020-00045 Filed 1-7-20; 8:45 am]
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