[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 80 (Wednesday, April 26, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24760-24761]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-3938]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

AGENCY: In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. AOL 
Express, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. C06-5204FDB, was lodged on 
April 13, 2006, with the United States District Court for the Western 
District of Washington. The consent decree requires defendants AOL 
Express, Inc., Arkema Inc., Edward and Molly Barry, Buffelen 
Woodworking Co., CHS Inc., Charles P. and Patricia Curran, Dunlap 
Towing Company, Estate of Norman Nordlund, Estate of Leslie P. Sussman, 
F.O.F., Inc., Hylebos Boat Haven, Hylebos Marina, Inc., Judy Johnson, 
Jones Chemicals, Inc., Joseph Simon & Sons/Rail & Locomotive Equipment 
Co., Louisiana-pacific Corporation, Phyllis Nordlund, Nordlund Boat 
Company, Inc., Don and Alba Oline, Ronald Oline, Donald S. and Barbara 
L. Olson, Kay E. Olson, Olson & Curran Barnacle Stopping Salt Water 
Free Vertical Dry Dock Co. dba Ole & Charlie's Marinas Portac, Inc., 
Rayonier Properties, LLC, Paula Rose, Sussman Rose Sussman, Alan 
Sussman, Sophie Sussman, USG Interiors, Inc., Wasser & Winters Co., 
Inc., West Waterway Associates, P.S. and Zidell Marine Corporation to 
compensate natural resource 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, defendants will fund the construction of a salmon 
habitat restoration project in Pierce County, Washington, pay the 
trustees $150,000 for project oversight, and reimburse a total of 
$1,793,888.46 in trustee damage 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. AOL Express, Inc., DOJ Ref.  90-11-2-1049/6.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of 
theUnited 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, P.O. 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

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$33.50 (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. 06-3938 Filed 4-25-06; 8:45 am]
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