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the Atlantic Richfield Company was 

responsible for under CERCLA. EPA 

estimates that the value of the work to 

be done by the Atlantic Richfield 

Company is in excess of $6.1 million. 

The Department of Justice will receive 

for a period of thirty (30) days from the 

date of this publication comments 

relating to the Consent Decree. 

Comments should be addressed to the 

Assistant Attorney General, 

Environmental and Natural Resources 

Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20044–7611, and should refer to United 

States v. the Atlantic Richfield 

Company, et. al., DJ#90–11–3–07993/3. 

The Consent Decree may be examined 

at U.S. EPA Region 8, 999 18th Street, 

Suite 500, Denver, Colorado, 80202. 

During the public comment period, the 

Consent Decree, may also be examined 

on the following Department of Justice 

Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/

open.html. A copy of the Consent 

Decree may also be obtained by mail 

from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. 

Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, 

Washington, DC 20044–7611 or by 

faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia 

Fleetwood (tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), 

fax no. (202) 514–0097, phone 

confirmation number (202) 514–1547. In 

requesting a copy from the Consent 

Decree Library, please enclose a check 

in the amount of $20.00 for the Decree 

(excluding appendices), $51 for the 

Decree with attachments payable to the 

United States Treasury.

Robert Brook, 

Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement 

Section, Environmental and Natural 

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 04–25533 Filed 11–17–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree 

Under the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act 

(‘‘CERCLA’’) 

Under the policy set out at 28 CFR 

50.7, notice is hereby given that on 

November 4, 2004, the United States 

lodged with the United States District 

Court for the District of Montana a 

proposed consent decree (‘‘Consent 

Decree’’) in the case of United States v. 

Atlantic Richfield Company, et al., Civil 

Action No. CV–89–39–SEH. The 

Consent Decree pertains to certain 

Superfund sites within the Clark Fork 

River Basin in southwestern Montana 

that have not been the subject of prior 

settlements with the United States—the 

Anaconda Smelter Superfund Site, the 

Clark Fork River Superfund Site, the 

Warm Springs Ponds Superfund Site, 

and the Butte Superfund Site, 

(collectively, the ‘‘Remaining Clark Fork 

Site’’ ). 

The proposed settlement would 

resolve the claims brought by the United 

States against ARCO under section 107 

of the Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation and Liability 

Act of 1980, as amended (‘‘CERCLA’’), 

42 U.S.C. 9607, for the recovery of 

response costs previously paid by EPA, 

through July 31, 2002, with accrued 

interest, in responding to releases and 

threatened releases of hazardous 

substances at the Remaining Clark Fork 

Sites. The Consent Decree would 

simultaneously resolve, subject to 

certain reservations, most of the 

defenses and all of the counterclaims 

asserted by ARCO against the United 

States for the past cost claims at the 

Remaining Clark Fork Sites, as well as 

the future response costs and future 

response actions at these sites. 

The Department of Justice will receive 

for a period of thirty (30) days from the 

date of this publication comments 

relating to the Consent Decree. 

Comments should be addressed to the 

Assistant Attorney General, 

Environment and Natural Resources 

Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20044–7611, and should refer to United 

States v. ARCO, DOJ Case Number 90–

11–2–430. 

The proposed Consent Decree may be 

examined at the office of the United 

States Attorney for the District of 

Montana, 2929 Third Avenue North, 

Suite 400, Billings, Montana 59101, and 

at U.S. EPA Region VIII Montana Office, 

Federal Building, 10 West 15th Street, 

Suite 3200, Helena, Montana 59624. 

During the public comment period, the 

Consent Decree, may also be examined 

on the following Department of Justice 

Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/

open.html. A copy of the Consent 

Decree may also be obtained by mail 

from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. 

Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, 

Washington, DC 20044–7611 or by 

faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia 

Fleetwood (tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), 

fax no. (202) 514–0097, phone 

confirmation number (202) 514–1547. In 

requesting a copy of the Consent Decree, 

please reference United States v. ARCO, 

DOJ Case Number 90–11–2–430, and 

enclose a check in the amount of $10.00 

(25 cents per page reproduction costs) 

payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Robert D. Brook, 

Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement 

Section, Environment and Natural Resources 

Division.

[FR Doc. 04–25535 Filed 11–17–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree 

Under Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation and Liability 

Act 

Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby 

given that on October 25, 2004, a 

proposed Consent Decree in United 

States v. Esso Standard Oil Co. S.A. 

Ltd., Civil Action No. 2004/0139, was 

lodged with the United States District 

Court for the District of Virgin Islands. 

In this action, the United States 

asserted claims against Esso Standard 

Oil Co. S.A. Ltd. (Esso) under Section 

107(a) of the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, Compensation 

and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 

9607(a), for recovery of response costs 

incurred regarding the Tutu Wellfield 

Superfund Site, in St. Thomas, USVI 

(Site). The proposed consent decree 

embodies an agreement with Esso to pay 

$3 million of response costs. The decree 

provides Esso with a covenant not to 

sue under Section 107(a) of CERCLA. 

The Department of Justice will receive 

for a period of thirty (30) days from the 

date of this publication comments 

relating to the Consent Decree. 

Comments should be addressed to the 

Assistant Attorney General, 

Environment and Natural Resources 

Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20044–7611, and should refer to United 

States v. Esso Standard Oil Co. S.A. 

Ltd., D.J. 90–11–3–1510/1. 

The Consent Decree may be examined 

at the Office of the United States 

Attorney, 1108 King Street, Suite 201, 

Christensted, St. Croix, VI 00820, and at 

the Region II Office of the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region II Records Center, 290 

Broadway, 17th Floor, New York, NY 

10007–1866. During the public 

comment period, the Consent Decree 

also may be examined on the following 

Department of Justice Web site, http://

www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy 

of the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 

7611, U.S. Department of Justice, 

Washington, DC 2004–7611 or by faxing 

or e-mailing a request to Tonia 

Fleetwood (tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), 

fax no. (202) 514–0097, phone