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

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Judgment Pursuant to the

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is

hereby given that on July 16, 1998, a proposed consent judgment in

Washington v. United States, et al., Civil Action No. C94-5326 FDB and

United States v. Washington, et al., Civil Action No. C94-5518 FDB, was

lodged with the United States District Court for the Western District

of Washington. Under the consent judgment, defendant State of

Washington will pay $2.3 million in reimbursement of costs incurred by

the United States in response to releases of hazardous substances at

the Wyckoff/Eagle Harbor Superfund Site on Bainbridge Island,

Washington. The State will also perform operation, maintenance,

monitoring and habitat mitigation work at the Site.

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 judgment. 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. Washington, et al., DOJ Ref. #90-7-1-525B.

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

United States Attorney, Western District of Washington, 3600 Seafirst

Fifth Avenue Plaza, 800 Fifth Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98104; the

Region 10 Office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200

Sixth Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98101, and at the Consent Decree

Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, (202)

624-0892. A copy of the proposed consent decrees may be obtained in

person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library. In requesting a copy

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please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount

of $13.50 for the judgment alone, or $37.00 for the judgment and

appendix. Make the check payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Joel Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 98-21916 Filed 8-13-98; 8:45 am]

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