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. The

Port of Seattle, et al., Civil Action No. C99-665-R, was lodged on

April 30, 1999, 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 Tulalip

Landfill Superfund Site, which 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 the Interior, for

natural resource damages at the Tulalip Landfill Superfund Site that

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

Under the Consent Decree, six private parties, the Tulalip Tribes of

Washington and the United States on behalf of the United States Navy

and the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs, will pay a total of

$675,348 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, DC 20530, and should refer to United

States v. The Port of Seattle, et al., DOJ Ref. #90-11-3-1412/6.

The proposed consent decree 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., 3rd Floor, Washington,

DC 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, NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy

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

of $4.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent

Decree Library.

Joel Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 99-11666 Filed 5-7-99; 8:45 am]

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