[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 227 (Friday, November 26, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72839-72840]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-29716]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)

    Notice is hereby given that on November 19, 2010, a proposed 
Consent Decree in The United States of America, the Coeur d'Alene 
Tribe, and the State of Idaho v. Atlantic Richfield Company, Civ. No. 
10-578-EJL, was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
District of Idaho.
    Plaintiffs the United States, the Tribe and the State filed a 
complaint concurrently with the Consent Decree alleging that Defendant 
Atlantic Richfield Company is liable pursuant to Section 107(a)(2) of 
CERCLA for response costs incurred and to be incurred by the United 
States and the State and for natural resources damages in connection 
with releases of hazardous substances at or from Operable Unit 3 of the 
Bunker Hill Mining and Metallurgical Complex Superfund Site (Bunker 
Hill Site) in northern Idaho. The Complaint alleges Defendant, and its 
predecessor The Anaconda Company, owned and/or operated mining or 
milling related facilities within Operable Unit 3. The proposed Consent 
Decree grants the Defendant a covenant not to sue for response costs, 
as well as natural resource damages, in connection with the Bunker Hill 
Site. The United States Environmental Protection Agency incurred 
response costs, and the United States Department of the Interior, the 
United States Department of Agriculture, the Tribe and the State are 
trustees of injured natural resources. The settlement requires the 
Defendant to pay a total of $6.75 million ($5,062,500 will be paid to 
EPA for response costs and $1,687,500 will be paid to the natural 
resource trustees for natural resources damages).

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    For thirty (30) days after the date of this publication, the 
Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the Consent 
Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, and either e-mailed to 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b4c4c1d6d7dbd9d9d1dac099d1d1c79ad1dac6d0f4c1c7d0dbde9ad3dbc2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="50202532333f3d3d353e247d3535237e353e2234102523343f3a7e373f26">[email protected]</span></a> or mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611. In either case, the 
comments should refer to U.S., et al. v. Atlantic Richfield Company., 
Civ No. 10-578-EJL and D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-128/9.
    During the comment period, the Consent Decree may be examined on 
the following Department of Justice Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.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 (<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5a2e3534333b743c363f3f2e2d35353e1a2f293e3530743d352c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="671308090e0649010b0202131008080327121403080d49000811">[email protected]</span></a>), 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 $6.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) 
payable to the United States Treasury or, if by e-mail or fax, forward 
a check in that amount to the Consent Decree Library at the stated 
address.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-29716 Filed 11-24-10; 8:45 am]
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