[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 159 (Monday, August 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44016-44017]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21745]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water Act
In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 C.F.R. 50.7, notice is
hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Cominco
Alaska, Inc., No. A97-267CIV (JKS) (D. Alaska), was lodged on July 14,
1997, with the United States District Court for the District of Alaska,
With regard to the Defendant, the Consent Decree resolves a claim filed
by the United States on behalf of the United States Environmental
Protection Agency (``EPA'') pursuant to the Clean Water Act, as
amended, 33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq.
The United States entered into the Consent Decree in connection
with the Red Dog Mine and Mill, located approximately 90 miles north of
Koetzebue, Alaska, The Consent Decree provides that the Defendant will
pay to the United States a civil penalty of $1.7 million for violations
of the Clean Water Act at the Site. Further, the Defendant will be
required to develop and implement three Supplemental Environmental
Projects set forth in the Consent Decree, at an estimated capital cost
of $3.1 million.
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. Cominco Alaska, Inc., DOJ Reg. #90-5-1-1-5010.
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The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the
United States Attorney, 222 West Seventh Avenue #9, Anchorage, Alaska
99513-7567; the Region 10 office of the Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, Washington; 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 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. In requesting a copy refer to
the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $25.50 (25
cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree
Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 97-21745 Filed 8-15-97; 8:45 am]
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