[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 5, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17141-17142]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-3267]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decrees With Monarch Greenback, LLC, 
the Article 5 Trusts, A.H. Burroughs, III, Karen Weaver Eccles and O.H. 
Davison Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation 
and Liability Act and the Clean Water Act

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on March 22, 2006, 
two proposed Consent Decrees (Consent Decrees) in the case of United 
States v. Monarch Greenback, L.L.C., et al., Civil Action No. 02-436-S-
EJL (D. Idaho), have been lodged with the United States District Court 
for the District of Idaho.
    The Complaint sought the recovery of costs incurred in connection 
with response actions taken by the United States Environmental 
Protection Agency at the Talache Mine Tailings Superfund Site (the 
Site) near Atlanta, Idaho. Under the terms of the Consent Decrees, 
Defendants will pay the United States $66,000, as well as potential 
future payments that could total up to $200,000. Additionally, one of 
the Defendants, Monarch Greenback, LLC, agrees to establish and fund an 
escrow account to pay for operation and maintenance at the Site. In 
exchange, the United States will provide a covenant not to sue and 
contribution protection under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act to all of the Defendants. Additionally, 
the United States will provide a covenant not to sue under the Clean 
Water Act to the Article 5 Trusts, A.H. Burroughs, III, Karen Weaver 
Eccles and O.H. Davison.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Consent 
Decrees. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environmental and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, 
U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer 
to United States v. Monarch Greenback, L.L.C. et al., Civil Action No. 
2-436-S-EJL (D. Idaho), DOJ Ref: 90-5-1-1-4541.
    During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may be 
examined on

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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 $13,.25 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost, without attachments) payable to 
the United States Treasury for payment.

Robert E. Maher, Jr.,
Assistant Section Chief, Environment Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 06-3267 Filed 4-4-06; 8:45 am]
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