[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 89 (Monday, May 10, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 25070]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-11666]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. The
Port of Seattle, et al., Civil Action No. C99-665-R, was lodged on
April 30, 1999, with the United States District Court for the Western
District of Washington. The Consent Decree requires each defendant to
compensate the trustees for natural resource damages at the Tulalip
Landfill Superfund Site, which 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 the Interior, for
natural resource damages at the Tulalip Landfill Superfund Site that
have resulted from the release of hazardous substances at the Site.
Under the Consent Decree, six private parties, the Tulalip Tribes of
Washington and the United States on behalf of the United States Navy
and the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs, will pay a total of
$675,348 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, DC 20530, and should refer to United
States v. The Port of Seattle, et al., DOJ Ref. #90-11-3-1412/6.
The proposed consent decree 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., 3rd Floor, Washington,
DC 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed consent decree may be
obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G
Street, NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy
please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount
of $4.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent
Decree Library.
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-11666 Filed 5-7-99; 8:45 am]
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