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

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. Ace

Galvanizing, Inc., et al., Civil Action No 97-152C, was lodged on

January 30, 1997, with the United States District Court for the Western

District of Washington. The Consent Decree requires each defendant to

compensate the trustees for natural resource damages at the Site, 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, for natural resource damages at the Site that have

resulted from the release of hazardous substances at the Site. Under

the Consent Decree, 185 de minimis waste contributors will pay a total

of $741,546.00 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 decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant

Attorney General for the Environment and National Resources Division,

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

United States v. Ace Galvanizing, Inc., et al., DOJ Ref. #90-11-3-

1412a.

The proposed consent decree nay be examined at the office of the

United States Attorney, 1010 Fifth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104; the

Region 10 Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Sixth

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 decree 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 a copy please refer to the

referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $5.50 (25 cents

per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Bruce S. Gelber,

Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 97-3987 Filed 2-18-97; 8:45 am]

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