5. State Super Fund FacilitiesMayor Pam Kennedy and the
Kalispell City Council
Po Box 1997
Kalispell, MT 59903
Re: Kalispell Pole and Timber, Reliance Refinery, and Yale oil Corporation State Superfund
Facilities
Dear Mayor Kennedy and Council Persons:
Pursuant to § 75-10-713, Montana Code Annotated, the Montana Department of Environmental Quality
(DEQ) hereby notifies you of a 30-day public comment period on the proposed Partial Consent Decrees it
has entered into with the Kalispell Pole and Timber Company, Montana Mokko, Inc., Stillwater Forest
Products, Inc., and Robert Pannenter for the Kalispell Pole and Timber, Reliance Refining Company, and
Yale oil Corporation State Superfund facilities in Kalispell, Montana. one document resolves DEQ's
claims and bars contribution claims by other parties against the Kalispell Pole and Timber Company and
requires the company to assign its remaining potential insurance claims. The other document resolves
DEQ's claims and bars contribution claims by other parties against Montana Mokko, Inc., Stillwater Forest
Products, Inc. and Robert Parmenter and requires those parties to allow the use of their real property for
conducting remediation.
DEQ is soliciting public comment on this document from interested persons, the Flathead County
Commissioners, and the local governing body of the City of Kalispell. To this end, DEQ has published
notice in the Daily Interlake. The public comment period begins January 12, 2008, and will end at 11:59
pm MST on February 10, 2008. Copies of the proposed Partial Consent Decree are available for review at
the Flathead County Library (2 47 1" Ave. East, Kalispell), DEQ's offices (1100 Last Chance Gulch,
Helena) or DEQ's website, Nap:. "www.deq .mt. ov/StateSuperl`und; k . t. asp. DEQ will hold a public
meeting upon written request to DEQ on or before January 28, 2008, by 10 or more persons, a group of 10
or more persons (but not including a liable person), the county commissioners, or by the local governing
body. Please submit written comments to me at P.O. Box 200901, Helena, MT 59620-0901 or via email to
cbrooks(�i)n1t.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
ncerely,
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L al Counsel
cc: Moriah Bucy, DEQ
Enforcement Division • Permitting & Compliance Division • Planning, Prevention & Assistance Division • Remediation Division