[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 97 (Wednesday, May 19, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28949-28950]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-11323]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. Waste 
Management of Washington, Inc., Civil Action No. C04-983-Z, was lodged 
on April 30, 2004, with the United States District Court for the 
Western District of Washington. The consent decree requires defendant 
Waste Management of Washington, Inc., to compensate the trustees for 
natural resource damages at the Tulalip Landfill Superfund site, which 
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, for natural resource damages at 
the Tulalip Landfill Superfund Site that have resulted from the release 
of hazardous substances at the Site. Under the consent decree Waste 
Management will pay $190,000 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 decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States v. Waste Management of Washington, Inc., DOJ Ref. 90-
11-3-1412/11.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, 601 Union Street, Seattle, WA 98101. During the 
public comment period, the Consent Decree may be examined on the 
following Department of Justice Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html, and at the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611 or by faxing a request 
to Tonia Fleetwood, fax

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no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In 
requesting a copy please refer to the referenced case and enclose a 
check in the amount of $4.50 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), 
payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Robert E. Maher, Jr.,
Ass't Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 04-11323 Filed 5-18-04; 8:45 am]
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