[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 42 (Friday, March 5, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12970-12971]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-04597]
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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 1, 2021, 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 et al. v. P4 Production,
L.L.C., Civil Action No. 4:21-cv-92.
The proposed Consent Decree would resolve claims the United States
and the State of Idaho have brought pursuant to Sections 106 and 107 of
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607 and the Idaho Environmental
Protection and Health Act, Idaho Code Sec. 39-101, et seq., against
Defendant P4 Production, L.L.C. (``P4'') concerning the Ballard Mine
Superfund Site (``Site'') in Caribou County, Idaho. The Shoshone-
Bannock Tribes (``the Tribes'') have filed their own complaint
regarding the Site.
Under the proposed Consent Decree, current owner P4 agrees to
perform the remedial action selected in EPA's 2019 Record of Decision.
It will also pay the Plaintiffs' future response costs, $334,972 in
reimbursement of EPA's past response costs, and $10,800 in
reimbursement of the Tribes' past response costs. In exchange, P4
receives covenants-not-to-sue for all work completed and costs paid.
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. P4 Production, L.L.C., D.J.
Ref. No. 90-11-2-07884/7. All comments must be submitted no
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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 $57.25 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury. For a paper
copy without the exhibits, the cost is $11.50.
Susan M. Akers,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-04597 Filed 3-4-21; 8:45 am]
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