[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 78 (Thursday, April 22, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21860-21861]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-9093]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980

    Notice is hereby given that on April 7, 2004 a proposed consent 
Decree in United States v. Bullion Beck Mining Corporation, Godiva 
Silver Mines, Inc., Keystone Surveys, Inc., and Spenst Hansen, an 
action under sections 107 and 113 of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (``CERCLA''), as 
amended, 42 U.S.C. 9607 and 9613, was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the District of Utah, Case No. 2:04CV00311 TS.
    In this action, the United States sought the recovery of costs 
incurred and to be incurred by the United states in response to 
releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances at and from the 
Eureka Mills NPL site located in Eureka, Utah (the ``Site''). The 
United States alleged that Bullion Beck Mining Corporation, Godiva 
Silver Mines, Inc., Keystone Surveys, Inc., and Spenst Hansen (the 
``Hansen Companies'') are liable for response costs under CERCLA 
section 107(a)(1), 42 U.S.C. 9607(a)(1), as the present owner of a 
portion of the Site upon which hazardous substances have been released.

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    The Hansen Companies' settlement is based on the limited financial 
resources available to the Companies and Mr. Spenst Hansen. The Decree 
provides for various in-kind contributions of materials like clean 
water and soil necessary to implement the clean up, allows EPA to 
construct response action structures on the Hansen Company properties, 
and provides for operation and maintenance of response action 
structures by the Hansen Companies. The Decree also contains the 
parties' promises to perform operation and maintenance work necessary 
to maintain the remedy on those portions of the Site owned by the 
Hansen Companies.
    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, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC. 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. Bullion Beck Mining Corporation, Godiva Silver Mines, 
Inc., Keystone Surveys, Inc., and Spenst Hansen, Civil Action No. 
2:04CV00311 TS, D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-07993/1.
    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 Settlement Agreement, 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, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, 
Washington, DC 20044-7611 or by faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia 
Fleetwood ([email protected]), fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone 
confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the 
consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $12.25 
for the Hansen Companies Consent Decree (excluding appendices), or 
$20.75 (including appendices) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 04-9093 Filed 4-21-04; 8:45 am]
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