Justice Department
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Justice In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7 , notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States of America v. The Boeing Company et al., Civil Action No. 10-457-LRS (E.D. Wa.), was lodged with the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington on December 23, 2010. The proposed Consent Decree settles claims for, inter alia, response costs to address hazardous substances released at the Moses Lake Wellfield Superfund Site (Site). The complaint asserts claims against the defendants—The Boeing Company, Lockheed Martin Corporation, and the City of Moses Lake—for response costs incurred at the Site by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the United States Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) pursuant to the section 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9607(a) . The complaint also seeks a declaratory judgment of liability against the defendants for future response costs incurred by EPA and the Corps at the Site. The State of Washington also filed a complaint on December 23, 2010, asserting claims for response costs against the defendants as well as against the United States. Under the proposed Consent Decree, the defendants will make payments to the United States totaling $3.25 million to resolve their CERCLA liability at the Site. The United States, on behalf of a group of settling Federal agencies including the Un…
Citation: 76 FR 385
