[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 8 (Thursday, January 11, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 2445]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-921]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree for Natural Resource Damages 
Under CERCLA

    Notice is hereby given that on December 28, 2000, a proposed 
consent decree in United States v. Lone Mountain Processing, Inc., 
Civil Action No. 2:00CV00200, was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Western District of Virginia.
    The consent decree settles claims against Lone Mountain Processing, 
Inc., under section 107(f) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9607. The 
releases that give rise to the claims are from coal slurry spills from 
a coal processing plant owned by Lone Mountain in Lee County, Virginia, 
and took place on or about August 9, 1996, and October 24, 1996. The 
releases caused injury to natural resources in the Powell River 
Wasteshed and injured species and habitat for which the Department of 
Interior has trusteeship. The Consent Decree settles the natural 
resource damage claim in exchange for a payment by Lone Mountain of 
$2,450,000.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the consent 
decrees. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General 
of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of 
Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United States v. 
Lone Mountain Processing, Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-06615.
    The consent decree may be obtained by mail from the Department of 
Justice Consent Decree Library, PO Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611. 
In requesting copies from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a 
check in the amount of $3.50 for the consent decree payable to the 
Consent Decree Library.

Bruce S. Gelber,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-921 Filed 1-10-01; 8:45 am]
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