[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 212 (Wednesday, November 3, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 67767]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-27705]


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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 October 26, 2010, a proposed Consent 
Decree in The United States of America and the Coeur d'Alene Tribe v. 
Douglas Mining Company, Civ. No. 10-525-EJL, was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the District of Idaho.
    Plaintiffs the United States and the Tribe filed a complaint 
concurrently with the Consent Decree alleging that Defendant Douglas 
Mining Company is liable pursuant to Section 107(a) of CERCLA for 
response costs incurred and to be incurred by the United States 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 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 Coeur d'Alene Tribe is a co-
trustee of injured natural resources at the Bunker Hill Site and a 
party to the proposed Consent Decree. The settlement is based on an 
analysis of Defendant's limited ability to pay and requires payments 
totaling $16,000. The settlement also requires assignment of interest 
in insurance policies to a trust, for the benefit of EPA and the 
natural resource trustees, and payment of two percent of net smelter 
returns generated from any future mining activities.
    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#0e7e7b6c6d6163636b607a236b6b7d206b607c6a4e7b7d6a616420696178"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="97e7e2f5f4f8fafaf2f9e3baf2f2e4b9f2f9e5f3d7e2e4f3f8fdb9f0f8e1">[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. Douglas Mining Company., Civ. 
No. 10-525-EJL and D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-128/12.
    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#d5a1babbbcb4fbb3b9b0b0a1a2babab195a0a6b1babffbb2baa3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="deaab1b0b7bff0b8b2bbbbaaa9b1b1ba9eabadbab1b4f0b9b1a8">[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 $19.25 (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. 2010-27705 Filed 11-2-10; 8:45 am]
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