[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 221 (Thursday, November 15, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 57483]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-28564]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreement and Consent Decree 
Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and 
Liability Act

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on November 6, 2001, 
a proposed Settlement Agreement and Consent Decree (``Decree'') in 
United States and State of Colorado v. Robert Friedland, Civil No. 96-
N-1213, was lodged with the United States District of Colorado. The 
United States and State of Colorado filed this action pursuant to the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act 
for recovery of costs incurred by the United States and State of 
Colorado in responding to releases of hazardous substances at the 
Summitville Mine Superfund Site near Del Norte, Colorado.
    Pursuant to the proposed Decree, defendants Aztec Minerals 
Corporation, South Mountain Minerals Corporation, and Gray Eagle Mining 
Corporation will pay $192,943 to the United States and State of 
Colorado and transfer certain properties to the United States to 
resolve the claims of the governments.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 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. Robert Friedland, Civil No. 96-
N-1213, and D.J. Ref. #90-11-3-1133B.
    The Decree may be examined at the office of the U.S. Department of 
Justice, Environmental Enforcement Section, 999 18th Street, Suite 945, 
North Tower, Denver, Colorado; at U.S. EPA Region 8, Office of Regional 
Counsel, 999 18th Street, Suite 300, South Tower, Denver Colorado. A 
copy of the 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. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount 
of $6.00 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent 
Decree Library.

Robert D. Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-28564 Filed 11-14-01; 8:45 am]
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