[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 175 (Monday, September 10, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55499-55500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-22121]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on September 4, 2012, a proposed 
Consent Decree in United States v. State of Utah, School and 
Institutional Trust Lands Administration, Civil Action No. 2:12-CV-
00841-DBP, was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
District of Utah.
    The Consent Decree resolves claims by the United States against the 
State of Utah, School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration 
(``SITLA'') pursuant to Section 107(a) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 
42 U.S.C. 9607(a), for response costs incurred in conducting a removal 
action at the Cook Slurry Site (``Site'') in Saratoga Springs, Utah 
(the ``Removal Action''). Cook Associates Inc., doing business as Cook 
Slurry Company (``Cook''), operated an explosives manufacturing 
facility at the Site on school trust lands owned by the State of Utah 
which predecessor agencies to SITLA had leased to Cook. Under the terms 
of the settlement SITLA will reimburse the United States $316,500 of 
the costs of completing the Removal Action.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed settlement agreement. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, and either emailed to [email protected] or mailed 
to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-
7611, and should refer to United States v. State of Utah, School and 
Institutional Trust Lands Administration, Civil Action No. 2:12-CV-
00841-DBP, and D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-10515.
    During the public comment period, the settlement agreement may be 
examined on the following Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the settlement 
agreement may also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 
P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611 or 
by faxing or emailing a request to ``Consent Decree Copy'' 
([email protected]), fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation 
number (202) 514-5271. If requesting a

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copy from the Consent Decree Library by mail, please enclose a check in 
the amount of $3.75 ($.25 per page) payable to the U.S. Treasury or, if 
by email or fax, forward a check in that amount to the Consent Decree 
Library at the address given above.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2012-22121 Filed 9-7-12; 8:45 am]
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