[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 177 (Friday, September 11, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56274-56275]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-20084]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Proposed Administrative Settlement Agreement and Order 
on Consent for Removal Action Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

    On September 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice approved an 
Administrative Settlement Agreement and Order on Consent for Removal 
Action (ASAOC) at the Atlas Mill Site in Ouray County, Colorado, 
between the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 2 and 
Good Samaritan Trout Unlimited.
    The ASAOC is authorized pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). Under the terms of 
the ASAOC, Good Samaritan Trout Unlimited will conduct a non-time 
critical removal action on 8.8 acres that is contaminated by 
approximately 26,000 cubic yards of mill tailings and waste rock on the 
banks of Sneffels Creek in Ouray County, Colorado. Specifically, the 
Atlas Mine and Mill Site (Site) is located on the Grand Mesa, 
Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forest about 8\1/2\ miles southwest 
of Ouray, Colorado, in the Mount Sneffels Mining District. In return 
for conducting the removal, the United States will provide a covenant 
not to sue or take administrative action under CERCLA at the Site where 
cleanup work is occurring.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the ASAOC. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and should refer 
to In the Matter of Atlas Mill Site, Ouray County, Colorado, D.J. Ref. 
No. 90-11-3-09760/1. 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].
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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 ASAOC 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 ASAOC 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 $24.00 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Jeffrey Sands,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2020-20084 Filed 9-10-20; 8:45 am]
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