[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 42 (Friday, March 5, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12970-12971]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-04597]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

    On March 1, 2021, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the District 
of Idaho in the lawsuit entitled United States et al. v. P4 Production, 
L.L.C., Civil Action No. 4:21-cv-92.
    The proposed Consent Decree would resolve claims the United States 
and the State of Idaho have brought pursuant to Sections 106 and 107 of 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607 and the Idaho Environmental 
Protection and Health Act, Idaho Code Sec.  39-101, et seq., against 
Defendant P4 Production, L.L.C. (``P4'') concerning the Ballard Mine 
Superfund Site (``Site'') in Caribou County, Idaho. The Shoshone-
Bannock Tribes (``the Tribes'') have filed their own complaint 
regarding the Site.
    Under the proposed Consent Decree, current owner P4 agrees to 
perform the remedial action selected in EPA's 2019 Record of Decision. 
It will also pay the Plaintiffs' future response costs, $334,972 in 
reimbursement of EPA's past response costs, and $10,800 in 
reimbursement of the Tribes' past response costs. In exchange, P4 
receives covenants-not-to-sue for all work completed and costs paid.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
should refer to United States et al. v. P4 Production, L.L.C., D.J. 
Ref. No. 90-11-2-07884/7. All comments must be submitted no

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later than thirty (30) days after the publication date of this notice. 
Comments may be submitted either by email or by mail:

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By email............................  <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#86f6f3e4e5e9ebebe3e8f2abe3e3f5a8e3e8f4e2c6f3f5e2e9eca8e1e9f0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="54242136373b3939313a20793131277a313a2630142127303b3e7a333b22">[email protected]</span></a>.
By mail.............................  Assistant Attorney General, U.S.
                                       DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
                                       Washington, DC 20044-7611.
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    During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may be 
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department website: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We will provide a paper copy of 
the Consent Decree upon written request and payment of reproduction 
costs. Please mail your request and payment to: Consent Decree Library, 
U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611.
    Please enclose a check or money order for $57.25 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury. For a paper 
copy without the exhibits, the cost is $11.50.

Susan M. Akers,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-04597 Filed 3-4-21; 8:45 am]
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