[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 167 (Wednesday, August 30, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 59941]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18646]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On August 22, 2023, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
consent decree agreed to with defendants Atlantic Richfield Company and 
ARCO Environmental Remediation, LLC, in the United States District 
Court for the District of Montana in the lawsuit entitled United States 
and State of Montana v. Atlantic Richfield Company and ARCO 
Environmental Remediation, LLC, Civil Action No. 4:23-cv-00050-BMM. The 
consent decree resolves the United States' claims under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA''), for the performance of response actions and for payment 
of response costs incurred in connection with the release of hazardous 
substances at the ACM Smelter and Refinery Site in Cascade County, 
Montana. The consent decree also resolves related claims brought by the 
State of Montana, through the Montana Department of Environmental 
Quality, under the Montana Comprehensive Environmental Cleanup and 
Responsibility Act, 75-10-701, et seq. The consent decree obligates 
defendants to perform certain remedial actions to address soil 
contamination at the Site consistent with a Record of Decision issued 
by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), pay EPA 
$464,475.12 in reimbursement of past response costs, and reimburse EPA 
for future costs to oversee implementation of the work required by the 
settlement.
    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 State of Montana v. Atlantic 
Richfield Company and ARCO Environmental Remediation, LLC, Civil Action 
No. 4:23-cv-00050-BMM, D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-2-12191. 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: http://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 $269 (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 $7.25.

Jeffrey Sands,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-18646 Filed 8-29-23; 8:45 am]
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