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

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decrees Pursuant to the

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, and 42 U.S.C.

9622(d), notice is hereby given that on October 16, 1997, the trustees

for natural resources at the Tulalip Landfill Superfund Site on Ebey

Island in Puget Sound, WA (``the Site'') lodged with the United States

District Court for the Western District of Washington a civil natural

resource damages complaint against defendants the Boeing Company,

Kaiser Cement Corporation, Safeway Inc., Richard Halffman, Washington

Iron Works, Seattle Goodwill Industries, Manson Construction Co., Inc.

and R.W. Rhine, Inc. in the civil action styled United States v. The

Boeing Company, et al., Civil Action No. C97-1648-WD. On the same day,

the trustees lodged two consent decrees resolving the trustees' claims

against all defendants except R.W. Rhine and Seattle Goodwill

Industries.

The consent decrees require the defendants to compensate the

trustees for natural resource damages resulting from the release of

hazardous substances at the Site. The trustees consist of the State of

Washington Department of Ecology, the Tulalip Tribes of Washington, the

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States

Department of Commerce, and the United States Department of Interior.

Under the consent decrees, the settling defendants will pay a total of

$183,068 for natural resource damages.

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 decrees. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant

Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division,

Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to

United States v. The Boeing Company, et al., DOJ Ref. #90-11-3-1412.

The proposed consent decrees may be examined at the office of the

United States Attorney, 1010 Fifth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104; and at

the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington,

D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed consent decrees may

be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120

G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting copies

please refer to the referenced case, specify which decree or decrees

you would like to receive, and enclose a check payable to the Consent

Decree Library in the amount of $12.00 for the decree with Boeing,

Kaiser, Safeway, Halffman and Washington Iron Works (48 pages), and/or

$8.50 for the decree with Manson Construction Co., Inc. (34 pages) (25

cents per page reproduction costs).

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 97-29012 Filed 10-31-97; 8:45 am]

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