[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 213 (Tuesday, November 3, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69645-69646]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-24350]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Extension of Public Comment Period

    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

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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.
    On October 5, 2020, the Department of Justice published notice of 
the lodging of the proposed consent decree. 85 FR 62766. The notice 
started a 30-day period for the submission of comments on the proposed 
consent decree. The Department of Justice has received several requests 
for an extension of the comment period. In consideration of the 
requests, notice is hereby given that the Department of Justice has 
extended the comment period on the proposed consent decree by an 
additional 30 days, up to and including December 4, 2020. 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. 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. 2020-24350 Filed 11-2-20; 8:45 am]
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