[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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