[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 203 (Thursday, October 21, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 61861]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-23498]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on October 6, 2004, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States and the State of Colorado v. Asarco, Inc., an 
action for injunctive relief and the reimbursement of response costs 
pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., was lodged with the 
United States District Court for the District of Colorado, Civil Action 
No. 04-RB-2070 (CBS).
    In this action, the United States and the State of Colorado sought 
injunctive relief to require defendant to perform certain remedial 
actions at the Vasquez Boulevard/Interstate 70 Superfund Site, located 
in Denver, Colorado, and to reimburse the United States and the State 
of Colorado for response costs incurred at the Site. Pursuant to the 
proposed Consent Decree, Asarco will remove and dispose of contaminated 
soils from 100 residential properties within the Site, and reimburse 
the United States and the State of Colorado for future response costs 
incurred at the Site.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Consent 
Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environmental and Natural Resources Division, PO Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States and the State of Colorado v. Asarco, Inc., D.J. Ref. 
DJ 90-11-3-138/7.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at U.S. EPA Region 8, 999 18th 
Street, Suite 500, Denver, Colorado, 80202. During the public comment 
period, the Consent Decree may also be examined on the following 
Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A 
copy of the Consent Decree may also be obtained by mail from the 
Consent Decree Library, PO Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, 
Washington, DC 20044-7611 or by faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia 
Fleetwood (tonia.fleetwood@usdoj. gov), fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone 
confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the 
Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check made payable to the 
United States Treasury in the amount of $10.25 for the Consent Decree 
only or $109.75 for the Consent Decree plus Appendices (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost).

Robert Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environmental and 
Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 04-23498 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am]
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