[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 193 (Monday, October 5, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 62766]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-21967]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On September 29, 2020, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the District 
of Colorado in the lawsuit entitled United States and the State of 
Colorado v. TCI Pacific Communications, LLC, Civil Action No. 1:20-cv-
02939-KLM.
    The proposed Consent Decree would resolve claims the United States 
and State of Colorado have brought pursuant to Sections 106, 107(a) and 
113(g)(2) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606, 
9607(a) and 9613(g)(2), against TCI Pacific Communications, LLC 
(``TCI'') related to Operable Unit 1 (``OU1'') of the Eagle Mine 
Superfund Site (``Site'') located approximately five miles south of 
Minturn, Colorado.
    The Consent Decree requires TCI to meet water treatment standards 
for arsenic and other metals at the Site's water treatment plant, 
collect and treat contaminated groundwater from defined areas, obtain 
institutional controls to restrict activities that would interfere with 
the remedy, conduct defined operation and maintenance activities, and 
pay future EPA response costs.
    The Consent Decree provides TCI and certain related persons 
covenants not to sue relating to the OU1 under Sections 106 and 107 of 
CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607.
    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 and the State of Colorado v. TCI Pacific 
Communications, LLC, D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-1044/7. 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 $27.25 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury. For a paper 
copy without the exhibits and signature pages, the cost is $10.75.

Jeffrey Sands,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2020-21967 Filed 10-2-20; 8:45 am]
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