[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 212 (Monday, November 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 59371]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-29012]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decrees Pursuant to the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, and 42 U.S.C. 
9622(d), notice is hereby given that on October 16, 1997, the trustees 
for natural resources at the Tulalip Landfill Superfund Site on Ebey 
Island in Puget Sound, WA (``the Site'') lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Western District of Washington a civil natural 
resource damages complaint against defendants the Boeing Company, 
Kaiser Cement Corporation, Safeway Inc., Richard Halffman, Washington 
Iron Works, Seattle Goodwill Industries, Manson Construction Co., Inc. 
and R.W. Rhine, Inc. in the civil action styled United States v. The 
Boeing Company, et al., Civil Action No. C97-1648-WD. On the same day, 
the trustees lodged two consent decrees resolving the trustees' claims 
against all defendants except R.W. Rhine and Seattle Goodwill 
Industries.
    The consent decrees require the defendants to compensate the 
trustees for natural resource damages resulting from the release of 
hazardous substances at the Site. The trustees 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 Interior. 
Under the consent decrees, the settling defendants will pay a total of 
$183,068 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 decrees. 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. The Boeing Company, et al., DOJ Ref. #90-11-3-1412.
    The proposed consent decrees 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., 4th Floor, Washington, 
D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed consent decrees 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 copies 
please refer to the referenced case, specify which decree or decrees 
you would like to receive, and enclose a check payable to the Consent 
Decree Library in the amount of $12.00 for the decree with Boeing, 
Kaiser, Safeway, Halffman and Washington Iron Works (48 pages), and/or 
$8.50 for the decree with Manson Construction Co., Inc. (34 pages) (25 
cents per page reproduction costs).
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-29012 Filed 10-31-97; 8:45 am]
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