[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 246 (Friday, December 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 78996]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-27984]


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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 20, 2022, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Northern 
District of California in the lawsuit entitled United States v. 
Buckhorn, Inc., Civil Action No. 22-8989. In the filed Complaint, the 
United States, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
(``EPA''), alleges that the Defendant is liable under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 
42 U.S.C. 9607(a), for the response costs EPA incurred responding to 
the New Idria Mercury Mine Site, located near the abandoned town of 
Idria in San Benito County, California. The Defendant is a successor in 
interest to New Idria Quicksilver Mining Company, a Nevada Corporation, 
which owned and operated the New Idria Mercury Mine. The Consent Decree 
requires the Defendants to pay $1,855,500.00 million in a lump sum to 
the United States for the settlement of the allegations in the filed 
Complaint.
    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 v. Buckhorn, Inc., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-
11969. 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 $6.75 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost), payable to the United States Treasury.

Lori Jonas,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
& Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-27984 Filed 12-22-22; 8:45 am]
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