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 March 10, 1998, the trustees

for natural resources at the Tulalip Landfill Superfund Site on Ebey

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

States District Court for the Western District of Washington a civil

natural resource damages complaint against defendants Ace Tank Co.,

Bill Pierre Ford Co., Broadmoor Golf Club, Crowley Marine Services,

Inc., Delta Marine, Inc., Evergreen-Washelli, Inc., Mehrer Drywall,

Inc., McFarland Wrecking Co., People's National Bank, N.A., Sato

Corporation, Seafood Processing, Inc., Seattle Golf Club, and Smith &

Son, Inc., in the civil action styled United States v. Ace Tank Co.,

Civil Action No. C98-0300-R. On the same day, the trustees lodged a

consent decree resolving the claims stated against the defendants in

the complaint.

The consent decree requires 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 defendants will pay a total of $22,276

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 Natural Resources Division,

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

United States v. Act Tank Co., DOJ Ref. #90-11-3-1412E.

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 / (202) 624-0892. In requesting copies

please refer to the referenced case, specify the decree you would like

to receive, and enclose a check payable to the Consent Decree Library

in the amount of $12.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs).

Joel Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 98-9149 Filed 4-7-98; 8:45 am]

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