[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 37 (Friday, February 24, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 9598]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-1698]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. Ryder 
System, Inc., Civil Action No. C06-5072RJB, was lodged on February 8, 
2006, with the United States District Court for the Western District of 
Washington. The consent decree requires defendant Ryder System, Inc. to 
compensate natural resources trustees for natural resource damages in 
Commencement Bay, Washington, resulting from releases of hazardous 
substances. The trustees are the State of Washington, the Puyallup 
Tribe of Indians, the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration of the United States Department of 
Commerce, and the United States Department of the Interior. Under the 
consent decree, defendant will pay $25,838.61 for natural resource 
damages and assessment costs.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States v. Ryder System, Inc., DOJ Ref. 90-11-2-1049/5.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, 601 Union Street, Seattle, WA 98101. During the 
public comment period, the Consent Decree may be examined on the 
following Department of Justice Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html, and at the Consent Decree Library, PO Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611 or by faxing a request 
to Tonia Fleetwood, fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation number 
(202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy please refer to the referenced 
case and enclose a check in the amount of $7.75 (25 cents per page 
reproduction costs), payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Robert E. Maher, Jr.,
Ass't Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 06-1698 Filed 2-23-06; 8:45 am]
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