[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 53 (Monday, March 19, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12029-12030]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-05470]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Proposed Administrative Settlement Agreement Under the
Clean Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act
On March, 12, 2018, the Department of Justice formally proposed to
enter a Settlement Agreement and Order on Consent for Response Action
(``Settlement Agreement'') with the Bunker Hill Mining Corp.
(``BHMC''), in connection with BHMC's purchase of property located at
the Bunker Hill Mine, south of Kellogg, in the Silver Valley of
Shoshone County, Idaho (the ``Mine''), which is located in and part of
the ``Non-Populated Areas Operable Unit of the Bunker Hill Superfund
Site.'' As described in the Settlement Agreement, BHMC agrees to
perform response actions at or in connection with the Mine and to make
payments for, and in satisfaction of the liability of Placer Mining
Corp. and the Estate of Robert Hopper, Sr., under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C.
9601-9675 (``CERCLA'').
Under the proposed Settlement Agreement, BHMC has agreed, as part
of the consideration BHMC is paying to purchase the Mine and in
satisfaction of the liability of Placer Mining Co. and Robert Hopper,
Jr., the current owners of the Mine, to reimburse the United States
over 80 percent of its costs incurred in connection with the Bunker
Hill Mine property and have agreed to pay for treatment of acid water
discharged from the Mine and to otherwise manage Mine water as
requested by the Environmental Protection Agency.
The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on
the
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Settlement Agreement. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and
should refer to In the Matter of: Bunker Hill Superfund Site, Kellogg,
Idaho--Settlement Agreement and Order on Consent for Response Action by
Bunker Hill Mining Corp., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-128/18. All comments
must be submitted no later than fourteen (14) 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 Settlement Agreement may be
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department website: https://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 $ 31.00 (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. 2018-05470 Filed 3-16-18; 8:45 am]
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