[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 159 (Thursday, August 18, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 48589]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-16348]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA'')
Under the policy set out at 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given
that on August 2, 2005, the United States lodged with the United States
District Court for the District of Montana a proposed consent decree
(``Consent Decree'') in the case of United States v. Atlantic Richfield
Company et al., Civil Action No. CV-89-39-BU-SEH. The Consent Decree
pertains to the Milltown Reservoir Sediments Operable Unit (the
``Milltown Site'') in southwestern Montana. The settlement would
resolve the claims brought by the United States against the Atlantic
Richfield Company and NorthWestern Corporation under Section 107 of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of
1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607, for the recovery of
costs incurred and to be incurred in responding to releases and
threatened releases of hazardous substances at the Milltown Site. Under
the terms of the proposed Consent Decree, Atlantic Richfield and
NorthWestern will implement EPA's cleanup plan for the Milltown Site,
reimburse certain EPA response costs related to the Milltown Site, and
contribute toward the State of Montana's natural resource restoration
plan for the Milltown site. The United States, on behalf of certain
federal agencies against which Atlantic Richfield asserted
counterclaims, will also be contributing toward the reimbursement of
EPA's response costs.
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 Deputy 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. ARCO, DOJ Case Number 90-11-2-430.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the
United States Attorney for the District of Montana, 2929 Third Avenue
North, Suite 400, Billings, Montana 59101, and at U.S. EPA Region VIII
Montana Office, Federal Building, 10 West 15th Street, Suite 3200,
Helena, Montana 59624. 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 of the Consent Decree,
please reference United States v. ARCO, DOJ Case Number 90-11-2-430,
and enclose a check in the amount of $10.00 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.
Robert D. Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 05-16348 Filed 8-17-05; 8:45 am]
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