[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 212 (Monday, November 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 59371]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-29012]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decrees Pursuant to the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, and 42 U.S.C.
9622(d), notice is hereby given that on October 16, 1997, the trustees
for natural resources at the Tulalip Landfill Superfund Site on Ebey
Island in Puget Sound, WA (``the Site'') lodged with the United States
District Court for the Western District of Washington a civil natural
resource damages complaint against defendants the Boeing Company,
Kaiser Cement Corporation, Safeway Inc., Richard Halffman, Washington
Iron Works, Seattle Goodwill Industries, Manson Construction Co., Inc.
and R.W. Rhine, Inc. in the civil action styled United States v. The
Boeing Company, et al., Civil Action No. C97-1648-WD. On the same day,
the trustees lodged two consent decrees resolving the trustees' claims
against all defendants except R.W. Rhine and Seattle Goodwill
Industries.
The consent decrees require the defendants to compensate the
trustees for natural resource damages resulting from the release of
hazardous substances at the Site. The trustees consist of the State of
Washington Department of Ecology, the Tulalip Tribes of Washington, the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States
Department of Commerce, and the United States Department of Interior.
Under the consent decrees, the settling defendants will pay a total of
$183,068 for natural resource damages.
The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the
proposed consent decrees. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant
Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to
United States v. The Boeing Company, et al., DOJ Ref. #90-11-3-1412.
The proposed consent decrees may be examined at the office of the
United States Attorney, 1010 Fifth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104; and at
the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington,
D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed consent decrees may
be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120
G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting copies
please refer to the referenced case, specify which decree or decrees
you would like to receive, and enclose a check payable to the Consent
Decree Library in the amount of $12.00 for the decree with Boeing,
Kaiser, Safeway, Halffman and Washington Iron Works (48 pages), and/or
$8.50 for the decree with Manson Construction Co., Inc. (34 pages) (25
cents per page reproduction costs).
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-29012 Filed 10-31-97; 8:45 am]
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