[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 80 (Tuesday, April 26, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 24644]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-09564]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On April 14, 2016, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the District 
of Colorado in the lawsuit entitled United States and State of Colorado 
v. CoCa Mines, Inc., Civil Action No. 1:16-cv-00847WJM.
    The case concerns the Nelson Tunnel/Commodore Waste Rock Pile 
Superfund Site (``Site'') located near Creede, Colorado, and the 
potential liability of CoCa Mines, Inc. under Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 
42 U.S.C. 9607(a), as a past owner or operator at the Site from 1973 to 
1993. Under the settlement CoCa Mines, Inc. will pay $5.4 million to 
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') and $600,000 to the 
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (``CDPHE'') for 
response costs incurred and to be incurred at the Site. The settlement 
extends a covenant not to sue under Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 
U.S.C. 9606 and 9607, to the Settling Defendant, CoCa Mines, Inc., and 
to the Settling Defendant's Related Parties a term defined, subject to 
specific limitations, to include Hecla Limited and Creede Resources, 
Inc. The settlement further extends, subject to specific limitations, 
to Settling Defendant's successors and assigns, and to the officers, 
directors, and employees of Settling Defendant and Settling Defendant's 
Related Parties.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
should refer to United States and State of Colorado v. CoCa Mines, 
Inc., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-10841. 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, D.C.
                                             20044-7611.
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    During the public comment period, the 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 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 for a copy of 
the Consent Decree.

Jeffrey K. Sands,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-09564 Filed 4-25-16; 8:45 am]
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