[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 67 (Wednesday, April 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 17212]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9149]
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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 March 10, 1998, the trustees
for natural resources at the Tulalip Landfill Superfund Site on Ebey
Island in Puget Sound, Washington (``the Site'') lodged with the United
States District Court for the Western District of Washington a civil
natural resource damages complaint against defendants Ace Tank Co.,
Bill Pierre Ford Co., Broadmoor Golf Club, Crowley Marine Services,
Inc., Delta Marine, Inc., Evergreen-Washelli, Inc., Mehrer Drywall,
Inc., McFarland Wrecking Co., People's National Bank, N.A., Sato
Corporation, Seafood Processing, Inc., Seattle Golf Club, and Smith &
Son, Inc., in the civil action styled United States v. Ace Tank Co.,
Civil Action No. C98-0300-R. On the same day, the trustees lodged a
consent decree resolving the claims stated against the defendants in
the complaint.
The consent decree requires 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 defendants will pay a total of $22,276
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 decree. 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. Act Tank Co., DOJ Ref. #90-11-3-1412E.
A copy of the proposed consent decree may be obtained in person or
by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th
Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005 / (202) 624-0892. In requesting copies
please refer to the referenced case, specify the decree you would like
to receive, and enclose a check payable to the Consent Decree Library
in the amount of $12.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs).
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-9149 Filed 4-7-98; 8:45 am]
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