[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 20, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 20599]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-7932]


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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 April 8, 2005, a proposed consent 
decree in United States v. Atlantic Richfield Company, No. CIV-S-05-
00686 GEB-DAD, was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
Eastern District of California.
    The complaint, filed concurrently with lodging of the consent 
decree, seeks reimbursement pursuant to Section 107 of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 
42 U.S.C. 9607, of response costs incurred and to be incurred by the 
U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service, at the Walker Mine 
Tailings Site, located in the Plumas National Forest, Plumas County, 
California. The consent decree provides that Atlantic Richfield will 
pay $2.5 million towards the United States' response costs. In exchange 
for that settlement payment, Atlantic Richfield will receive a site-
wide covenant-not-to-sue, subject to certain reservations.
    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. Atlantic Richfield Company, D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-2-
1320.
    During the public comment period, the consent decree may be 
examined on the following Department of Justice website, 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, please enclose a check in the amount of $8.50 (25 
cents per page reproduction cost), or $5.50 for a copy without 
attachments, payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Ellen M. Mahan,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 05-7932 Filed 4-19-05; 8:45 am]
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