[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 27 (Thursday, February 8, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 9596]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3271]


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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 January 18, 2001 a proposed Consent 
Decree ( ``Decree'' ) in United States and State of Colorado v. 
Burlington Northern Railroad Co., Civil Action No. 86-Z-369 was lodged 
with the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. The 
United States filed this action pursuant to sections 107(a)(2) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9607(a)(2), to recover past response costs incurred 
by the United States Environmental Protection Agency ( ``EPA'' ) in 
conducting response actions taken at or in connection with the release 
or threatened release of hazardous substances at or from the Broderick 
Wood Products Superfund Site located at 5800 Galapago Street in Adams 
County, Colorado. The Decree provides for the reimbursement to EPA of 
$6,800,000.00 plus accrued interest from June 1, 2000 from Burlington 
Northern Railroad Company.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to 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 and State of Colorado v. Burlington Northern Railroad 
Co., D.J. Ref. 90-7-1-254.
    The Decree may be examined at the offices of the U.S. EPA Region 
VIII, 999 18th Street, Suite 500 South Tower, Denver, Colorado and at 
the Office of the United States Attorney, District of Colorado 1961 
Stout Street, 11th Floor, Denver, CO 80294. A copy of the proposed 
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 either with or without the multiple signature pages and 
attachments. In requesting a copy of the proposed consent decree, 
please enclose a check payable to the Consent Decree Library for $5.25 
for a complete copy of the decree (25 cents per page reproduction 
cost).

Robert D. Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-3271 Filed 2-7-01; 8:45 am]
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