80 FR 50044 - Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 159 (August 18, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 159 (Tuesday, August 18, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50044-50045]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-20307]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

    On Friday, August 14, 2015, the Department of Justice lodged a 
proposed Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the 
Eastern District of Washington in the lawsuit entitled United States v. 
Klickitat County Port District No. 1, Civil Action No. 1:15-CV-03051-
RMP.
    The United States initiated this civil action on behalf of the 
United States Environmental Protection Agency against the Klickitat 
County Port District No. 1 (the ``Port'') pursuant to Section 107 of 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607, to recover response costs incurred in connection 
with the release and threatened release of hazardous substances from 
the Recycled Aluminum Metals Company Aluminum Waste Disposal Site (the 
``Site'') located in Klickitat County, Washington.
    Between 1979 and 1991 the Port continuously owned the Site during 
which time now-defunct lessees deposited waste from secondary aluminum 
smelting operations into an unlined landfill on the Site. In 2010, the 
United States conducted a removal action to prevent hazardous 
substances from leaching into the groundwater and threatening human 
populations. Under the terms of the proposed Consent Decree, the Port 
will pay $2,000,000 to

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reimburse the United States for its past response costs incurred during 
the removal action. In exchange, the Port will receive a covenant 
protecting it from further action to recover past response costs as 
that term is defined in the proposed Consent Decree.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
and should refer to United States v. Klickitat County Port District No. 
1, D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-10906. All comments must be submitted no later 
than thirty (30) days after the publication date of this notice. 
Comments may be submitted either by email or by mail:

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            To submit comments:                     Send them to:
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By e-mail.................................  [email protected].
By mail...................................  Assistant Attorney General,
                                            U.S. DOJ--ENRD,
                                            P.O. Box 7611,
                                            Washington, DC 20044-7611.
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    During the public comment period, the proposed Consent Decree may 
be examined and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: http://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We will provide a paper copy of 
the proposed Consent Decree upon written request and payment of 
reproduction costs. Please mail your request and payment to:

Consent Decree Library, U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 
20044-7611.

    Please enclose a check or money order for $6.75 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Susan M. Akers,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-20307 Filed 8-17-15; 8:45 am]
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