[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 6, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17468-17469]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-6843]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of First Amendment to Consent Decree Pursuant 
to the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability 
Act (``CERCLA'')

    Notice is hereby given that on March 23, 2005, a proposed First 
Amendment to Consent Decree in United States v. Boise Cascade Corp., et 
al., Civil Action 7:97-cv-1704 (``Amendment''), was lodged with the 
United States District Court for the Northern District of New York.
    On November 20, 1997, the court entered a Consent Decree regarding 
the Sealand Restoration Superfund Site in Lisbon, New York (``Site''). 
The Consent Decree required five Settling Defendants to implement the 
groundwater remedy that EPA selected in a 1995 Record of Decision 
(``ROD'') for the Site. In November 2001, EPA issued an Explanation of 
Significant Differences (``ESD'') which modified the selected 
groundwater remedy (requiring the construction of a permeable reactive 
barrier) and provided for implementation of institutional controls and 
the performance of a supplemental study. The proposed Amendment 
conforms the Decree to the ESD. In addition, the Amendment calls for a 
revised threshold above which the

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settling defendants will be required to pay for future oversight costs.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 
Amendment. 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. Boise Cascade Corp., D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-1144.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, James Foley Bldg., 445 Broadway, Room 218, Albany 
12207 (contact Civil Chief, Assistant U.S. Attorney James Woods), and 
at U.S. EPA Region II, 290 Broadway, 17th Floor, New York, New York, 
10007-1866 (contact Assistant Regional Attorney James Doyle). 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, 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 $30.75 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Ronald G. Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 05-6843 Filed 4-5-05; 8:45 am]
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