[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 193 (Monday, October 6, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 60185]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-23774]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Settlement Agreement under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
On September 29, 2014, a proposed Consent Decree was lodged with
the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
in the case entitled U.S. v. Blackwell Zinc Company, Inc., et al., Case
No. 5:14-cv-01050-M (W.D. Okla.).
The Consent Decree resolves claims in a Complaint filed the same
day under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., relating to the
Blackwell Zinc Superfund Site located in Blackwell, Kay County,
Oklahoma (the ``Site''). The Complaint seeks the recovery of response
costs at the Site against Blackwell Zinc Company, Inc. and the
Blackwell Industrial Authority (``Settling Defendants'') and a
declaratory judgment for future response costs. Under the proposed
Consent Decree, Settling Defendants will pay EPA $547,931.39 in past
response costs, i.e., costs incurred through August 31, 2013, as well
as EPA's costs at the Site costs incurred after August 31, 2013 and
through September 1, 2023.
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 U.S. v. Blackwell Zinc Company, Inc., et al., Case
No. 5:14-cv-01050-M (W.D. Okla.), D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-08495. 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 email.................................. [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.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. 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 $8.75 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.
Maureen Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-23774 Filed 10-3-14; 8:45 am]
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